Pimpla caeruleata Cresson, 1874

Khalaim, Andrey I. & Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique, 2021, Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: genera Apechthis Förster, Itoplectis Förster and Pimpla Fabricius, Zootaxa 5071 (4), pp. 451-491 : 466-467

3. Pimpla caeruleata Cresson, 1874

( Figs 24–27 )

Pimpla caeruleata Cresson 1874: 397 [♀ ♂ (ANSP), Mexico, Veracruz, Córdoba ].

References. Cameron 1886: 266 [ Mexico (Veracruz)]. Cresson 1916: 21 [lectotype ♀ (ANSP) designated; Mexico, Veracruz]. Townes & Townes 1966: 24 [ Coccygomimus ; catalogue; Mexico]. Maes 1989: 33 [catalogue; Nicaragua]. Gauld 1991: 520 [description; Mexico (Veracruz), Nicaragua, Costa Rica]. Gauld et al. 1998: 138 [in key; Costa Rica]. Hernández-Aguilar et al. 1999: 36 [ Mexico (Tamaulipas)]. Gauld et al. 2002: 58 [ El Salvador]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2002: 645 [checklist; Mexico]. Hernández-Aguilar et al. 2005: 470 [ Mexico (Tamaulipas)]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2010: 66 [checklist; Mexico (Tamaulipas)]. Khalaim et al. 2018: 23 [ Mexico (Veracruz)].

Material examined. MEXICO. Nuevo León: 1 ♂ ( UAT) Chipinque , 8.ix.1981, coll. E. Ruíz C. 1 ♀ ( UAT) Chipinque, Garza García , 22.vii.1985, coll. S. Arrambide. 1 ♀ ( UAT) Monterrey , 13.xi.1987, coll. E. Ruíz C. 3 ♀, 2 ♂ ( UAT) 30 km SE Monterrey, Santiago, La Cieneguilla , 10–11.iv.2009, coll. E. Ruíz C. 1 ♀ ( UAT) Raíces, Allende , 24.iii.1987, coll. M.R. Cantú. Tamaulipas: SSW of Cd. Victoria, Rancho Santa Elena , 23º37.362’N, 99º12.746’W, 970 m, Malaise trap, 2010, coll. E. Ruíz C. & J.M. Coronado B. (all in UAT): 19–26.iii (1 ♂) , 6–23.iv (1 ♀, 1 ♂), 8–21.v (2 ♂), 12–21.vi (1 ♂). 1 ♂ ( UAT) Cd. Victoria , 26.ii.1989, coll. R. Thompson F., 1 ♂. Cd. Victoria, Cañón del Novillo , 850–900 m, 27.iii.1988, coll. J. de León. 1 ♀ ( UAT) same locality, 3.v.1985, coll. A. del Valle. NW of Cd. Victoria, Los Troncones (park), coll. A.I. Khalaim (all in UAT) : 27.ii.2009 (1 ♂), 22.xii.2009 (1 ♀, 2 ♂). 2 ♀ ( UAT) same locality, 26.x and 20.xii.2007, coll. E. Ruíz C. 1 ♂ ( UAT) 15 km SSW of Cd. Victoria, El Madroño, 1400 –1450 m, 27–31.xii.2008, coll. A.I. Khalaim. 1 ♀ ( UAT) same data but 29.x.2013 . 1 ♂ ( UAT) 40 km S of Cd. Victoria, Tropico de Cancer , 9–16.xii.2000, coll. D.R. Kasparyan. 1 ♂ ( UAT) Hidalgo, 1.xii.2007, coll. A.I. Khalaim. 44 km S of Cd. Victoria, Malaise trap, matorral, coll. D.R. Kasparyan (all in UAT) : 19–26.viii.2000 (1 ♀), 9–16.ix.2000 (1 ♀), 7.x–4.xi.2000 (3 ♀, 2 ♂), 4–25.xi.2000 (7 ♀, 15 ♂). Gómez Farías, Altas Cimas, Malaise trap, coll. D.R. Kasparyan (all in UAT) : 12–19.viii.2000 (1 ♀), 9–16.ix.2000 (2 ♂), 21–28.x.2000 (3 ♂), 4–23.xi.2000 (3 ♂). Same locality and trap, coll. S. Hernández A. (all in UAT): 27.ii–20.iii.1999 (1 ♂) , 17–24.iv.1999 (1 ♀, 1 ♂) . 1 ♀ ( UAT) same locality, 1.xi.1990, coll. H. Ruíz C. Gómez Farías, Los Cedros, Malaise trap, coll. S. Hernández A. (all in UAT): 28.xi–26.xii.1998 (2 ♀, 6 ♂) , 26.xii.1998 – 30.i.1999 (2 ♀, 10 ♂), 30.i–6.ii.1999 (1 ♂), 13.ii–6.iii.1999 (1 ♀, 5 ♂), 20.iii–3.iv.1999 (9 ♂), 3.iv–1.v.1999 (1 ♀, 14 ♂), 15–22.v.1999 (1 ♂). 2 ♂ ( UAT) same locality, 24.i.1999, coll. D.R. Kasparyan. 3 ♂ ( UAT) Victoria — Soto La Marina , km 68, 9–31.iii.1985, coll. E. & J. Ruíz C. 2 ♀, 1 ♂ ( UAT) same locality, 3.i.1987, coll. E. & H. Ruíz C. 1 ♂ ( UAT) same locality, 14.iv.1987, coll. H. Ruíz C. 1 ♂ ( UAT) Hidalgo, Río Blanco , 11.iii.1995, coll. C.A. Covarrubias D. & S. Hernández A. Querétaro: 1 ♀ ( UAQ) Jalpan de Serra, 14.x.2013 . Veracruz: 1 ♂ ( UAT) SW of Xalapa, park near Institute de Ecología , 19°30.768’N, 96°56.349’W, 1260 m, 17–18.ii.2009, coll. A.I. Khalaim. 1 ♀, 3 ♂ (1 ♀ and 2 ♂ in UAT, 1 ♂ in ZISP) same data, but 12–14.iv.2014 . 1 ♀ ( UNAM) Volcán San Andrés , selva, 1000 m, 29.v.1951, coll. C. Bolivar. 1 ♂ ( UNAM) San Andrés, Estación Biológica Los Tuxtlas , 250 m, Malaise trap, selva alta perennifolia, 14–28.v.2014, coll. M. Madora. Oaxaca: 1 ♀ ( TAMU) 15 mi. N of San Gabriel Mixtepec, Highway 131, 3850 ft. (= 1175 m), 11.vii.1987, coll. R. Wharton. Tabasco: 1 ♂ ( UAT) Centla, Frontera Frutales , 26.iii.1997, coll. A. Martinez., C.A. Covarrubias D. & S. Niño M. Chiapas: 1 ♀ ( EMEC) 16 km NW of El Jocote , 732 m, 25.x.1976, coll. E.S. Ross. 1 ♀ ( FSCA) 11.6 mi. N of Ocozocuautla , 3200 ft. (975 m), 10–13.vi.1966, coll. G.E. Ball & D.R. Whitehead. 1 ♀, 2 ♂ ( AEIC) 16 km NW of Ocozocoautla, Laguna Belgica, 13–14.vi.1990, coll. H. & A. Howden. 1 ♂ ( AEIC) National Park Lagos de Montebello, Laguna Pojoj , 1500 m, 2.vi.1990, coll. H. & A. Howden, B. Gill. 1 ♀ ( EMEC) Portugal, 7 mi. SE of Simojovel , 17.vii.1958, coll. J.A. Chemsak. 1 ♂ ( EMEC) NW of Ocosingo , 9.iii.1953, coll. R.C. Bechtel & E.I. Schlinger. HONDURAS. 1 ♂ ( AEIC) Francisco Morazán, 30 km E of Tegucigalpa, Cerro Uyuca , 1800 m, 27.v.1994, coll. H. & A. Howden. 1 ♀ ( FSCA) Francisco Morazán, San Antonio de Oriente, Cerro Uyuca , cloud forest, Malaise trap, 29.v–4.vi.1990, coll. R. Cave.

Distribution. Mexico (Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Querétaro, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Chiapas), Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica. First record from Honduras.

Figures

FIGURES 24–27. Pimpla caeruleata, female (24, 26, 27) and male (25): 24—habitus (without antennae), dorso-lateral; 25— head, front; 26—head and bases of fore legs, antero-lateral; 27—metasomal tergites 2–4, dorso-lateral.