Neotheronia tolteca ( Cresson, 1874 )

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 : 424

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scientific name	Neotheronia tolteca ( Cresson, 1874 )
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22. Neotheronia tolteca ( Cresson, 1874) View in CoL

Theronia tolteca Cresson 1874: 396 [♀ ♂ (ANSP), Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba ].

References. Cameron 1886: 264 [ Theronia View in CoL ; Mexico (Veracruz, Yucatán), Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama]. Krieger 1905: 293 [ Panama, Mexico]. Morley 1914: 55 [ Mexico (Tabasco), Ecuador, British Guiana, Jamaica, Dominican Republic (misidentification, in part, see Gauld 1991: 469)]. Cresson 1916: 59 [lectotype ♀ (ANSP) designated; Mexico, Veracruz]. Townes & Townes 1966: 35 [catalogue; Theronia (Neotheronia) nigrolineata tolteca ; Mexico]. Gauld 1991: 468 [description; Mexico (Veracruz), Costa Rica, Panama; remarks]. Gauld et al. 1998: 133 [in key; Costa Rica]. Kumagai & Graf 2002: 450 [ Brazil (Paraná)]. Kumagai 2002: 192 [ Brazil (Minas Gerais)]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2002: 645 [checklist; Mexico].

Remarks. Neotheronia tolteca is probably a synonym of N. nigrolineata (see Gauld 1991: 469 and Gauld et al. 1998: 133). Examined female from Oaxaca differs well from the latter species by its entirely orange-brown body and legs (only hind tarsus infuscate) without any black markings.

Material examined. MEXICO. Veracruz: San Andrés, Biological Station Los Tuxlas, 150–210 m, selva alta perennifolia, Malaise trap, 2013, coll. M. Madora (all in UNAM): 13.v–16.vi (2 ♂), 24.vii–16.viii (1 ♂), 17.ix–15.x (1 ♀). 1 ♂ ( ZISP) same locality and trap, 4–8.x.2014, coll. A.I. Khalaim. 1 ♀ ( ZISP) same locality, date and collector, sweeping . Oaxaca: 1 ♀ ( EMEC) Temascal , 23.x.1963, coll. K.H. Janzen. COSTA RICA. 1 ♀ (UAT) Puntarenas Prov., Golfo Dulce Forest Reserve , 3 km SW of Rincon de la Osa, i–ii.1990 (?), coll. I.D. Gauld (det. I.D. Gauld) .

Distribution. Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca,? Tabasco,? Yucatán), Cuba, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama,? Brazil.