Nomosphecia solisi Gauld, 1991

Khalaim, Andrey I. & Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique, 2021, Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: genera Neotheronia Krieger, Nomosphecia Gupta and Xanthopimpla Saussure, Zootaxa 4950 (3), pp. 401-440 : 427

2. Nomosphecia solisi Gauld, 1991

( Figs 8–12 , 45–48 )

Nomosphecia solisi Gauld 1991: 384 [holotype ♀ (INBio), Costa Rica, Guanacaste Prov., Guanacaste National Park, Sector Santa Rosa , viii–xii.1984, coll. D. Janzen; ♀ ♂].

References. Gauld et al. 1998: 127 [in key; Costa Rica], 178 [variation]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2002: 645 [checklist; Mexico]. Gauld et al. 2002: 74 [ El Salvador]. Hernández-Aguilar et al. 2005: 470 [ Mexico (Tamaulipas)]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2010: 66 [checklist; Mexico (Tamaulipas)].

Material examined. MEXICO. Tamaulipas: 1 ♀ (UAT) Gómez Farías , 20.viii.2009, coll. J.M. Coronado B. 2 ♀ (UAT) Gómez Farías, Los Cedros , Malaise trap, 27.iii–3.iv, 10–17.vii.1999, coll. S. Hernández A. 1 ♀ (UAT) same locality and trap, 21.v.1993, coll. J.M. Coronado B. Same locality, 300 m, coll. D.R. Kasparyan: 1 ♂ (UAT) 5.viii.2000, 1 ♂ ( ZISP) 13.iii.2003 . 1 ♀ (UAT) Gómez Farías, Rancho La Gloria , selva mediana, 13.i.1995, coll. C.A. Covarrubias D. 1 ♀ (UAT) Cañon La Liberad , 26.viii.1988, coll. N. Reyes M. Ocampo, Ejido El Bejuco, 900 m, Malaise trap, coll. E. Ruíz-Cancino et al. (all in UAT): 9–29.vii.2016 (1 ♀), 30.vii–12.viii.2016 (3 ♀), 27.viii–10.ix.2016 (1 ♀, 1 ♂). 1 ♂ ( FSCA) 80 km S of Cd. Victoria, Ruta 85, ca. La Gloria, 23–25.vi.1981, coll. B. Miller, C. Porter & L. Strange. San Luis Potosí: 1 ♂ (UAT) Aquismón , 11.viii.2009, coll. J.M. Coronado B. Veracruz: 1 ♂ ( UNAM) San Andrés, Biological Station Los Tuxlas, 150–210 m, selva alta perennifolia, Malaise trap, 14.iv–13.v.2013, coll. M. Madora. 1 ♀ ( UNAM) same data, but 16.vi–24.vii.2013 . COSTA RICA. 1 ♀ (UAT) Guanacaste Prov., Santa Rosa National Park , “Bosq. Hum-10–C” [humid forest], 1–22.vi.1985, coll. D. Janzen & I.D. Gauld (det. I.D. Gauld) .

Variation. Specimens from northern Mexico usually have flagellum more or less entirely black, not orangebrown ventrally, and blackish markings on body are usually weaker than in material from Costa Rica.

Distribution. Mexico (Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz), El Salvador, Costa Rica.

Figures

FIGURES 8–12. Nomosphecia solisi, ♀: 8—head, dorsal; 9—head, posterior; 10—head, antero-ventral; 11—mesosoma, lateral; 12—posterior part of mesosoma, dorso-postero-lateral.

FIGURES 45–48. Nomosphecia solisi, ♀: 45—head and mesosoma, dorsal; 46—head, antero-ventral; 47—metasoma with ovipositor, lateral; 48—apex of ovipositor, lateral.