Nanium capitatum Townes, 1967

Reshchikov, Alexey, Sääksjärvi, Ilari E. & Pollet, Marc, 2018, Review of the New World genus Nanium Townes, 1967 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ctenopelmatinae), with two new species from the Neotropical region, European Journal of Taxonomy 459, pp. 1-18 : 14

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2018.459
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5964943
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scientific name	Nanium capitatum Townes, 1967
status

Treatment

Nanium capitatum Townes, 1967 View in CoL

Figs 2 View Fig. 2 –3 View Fig. 2 View Fig. 3 , 8A

Tryphon capitatus Cresson, 1864: 281 , lectotype examined.

Diagnosis

This species can be distinguished from all its congeners by the combination of the following characters:

face obviously broader than high ( Figs 2A View Fig. 2 , 3A View Fig. 3 ), mesosoma black dorsally, yellowish ventrally or entirely

black ( Figs 2B View Fig. 2 , 3B View Fig. 3 ), pleural carina complete, well-developed, metasoma with T3 extensively pale, and T2–4 uniformly dark ( Figs 2C View Fig. 2 , 3C View Fig. 3 ).

Material examined

Lectotype USA: 1 ♂, Pennsylvania (ANSP).

Other material

USA: 1 ♀, South Carolina, Cleveland , 27 May 1961, Townes leg. ( ZMLU) ; 1 ♀, Minnesota, Ramsey Co., 44°59′20″ N, 93°11′15″ W, Malaise Trap, 10–12 Jun. 1974, G.K. Van Derwerker leg. ( UMSP) GoogleMaps .

Remark

First record for Minnesota.

Distribution

USA (Georgia, New Hampshire, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas).