Itoplectis specularis Kasparyan, 2007

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 : 461

6. Itoplectis specularis Kasparyan, 2007

( Figs 11–15 )

Itoplectis specularis Kasparyan 2007: 113 [holotype ♀ (TAMU), Mexico, Chiapas, 4 km W of San Cristóbal, San Felipe , 2200 m, oak-grass woodland, 24–28.viii.1990, coll. R.W. Jones; ♀ ♂, Mexico (Michoacán, Oaxaca)].

References. Sánchez-García et al. 2015: 827 [checklist; Mexico (Oaxaca)].

Comparative diagnosis. Itoplectis specularis is similar to I. gonzalezi as both have predominantly red mesosoma and entirely black propodeum, but differs from this species by its black speculum, mesepimeron whitish at least in upper part ( Fig. 13 ), lateral parts of tergites 5 (or 6) to 8 in female reddish brown ( Fig. 15 ), hind leg with trochanter posteriorly blackish and tibia pale, and punctures on tergites 2 and 3 denser ( Fig. 14 ).

Material examined. MEXICO. Tamaulipas: 1 ♀ ( ZISP) 8 km NNE of Miquihuana, 2200–2300 m, 5.xi.2013, coll. A.I. Khalaim. 1 ♀ ( UAT) Miquihuana [Municipio], La Marcela, 2500 m, forest Pinus + Quercus, Malaise trap, 2.x–2.xi.2012, coll. E. Ruíz C. & J. Treviño C. Hidalgo: 7 ♀ (3 ♀ in UAT, 2 ♀ in UNAM, 2 ♀ in ZISP) 8 km N of Pachuca de Soto, National Park El Chico, 20°11.4’N, 98°44.55’W, 2800–2900 m, 18–22.xii.2014, coll.A.I. Khalaim. Tlaxcala: 2 ♀ ( UNAM) Nanacamilpa, Ejido Los Búfalos, 19°28’N, 98°35’W, bosque Pino-Encino, 2830–2900 m, Malaise trap, 4.iv–2.vi.2016, coll. Y. Márquez & A. Contreras. Oaxaca: 1 ♀ ( UAT) Reserva El Triunfo, camino al Cipresal y Deslave, Malaise trap, 19.vii.1997, coll. A. González H. 1 ♀ ( TAMU) 3.2 mi. SW of La Cumbre, 18.vii.1985, coll. J. Woolley & G. Zolnerowich. Chiapas: 1 ♀ ( TAMU) 4 km W of San Cristóbal [de las Casas], Reserva Huitepec, 7800 ft. (= 2380 m), cloud forest, Malaise trap, “XI-25-X-5”.1990, coll. R.W. Jones.

Distribution. Mexico (Tamaulipas, Michoacán, Hidalgo, Tlaxcala, Oaxaca, Chiapas).

Figures

FIGURES 11–15. Itoplectis specularis, female: 11—habitus (without antennae), lateral; 12—head, front; 13—mesosoma, lateral; 14—metasomal tergites 2–4, dorsal; 15—central part of metasoma, ventro-lateral.