Hymenoepimecis tedfordi Gauld, 1991 Figures 14, 29, 44, 59, 74, 89

Hymenoepimecis tedfordi Gauld, 1991: 340.

Diagnosis.

This species can be distinguished from all other Hymenoepimecis by the combination of the following characters: 1) fore wing hyaline; 2) mesosoma orange with propleuron, pronotum, metapleuron ventrally, and propodeum black (metapleuron entirely orange in Nicaraguan specimens); 3) epicnemial carina present ventrally, sometimes visible laterally; 4) metasoma entirely blackish; 5) female with ovipositor 1.0-1.1 times as long as hind tibia.

Distribution.

Costa Rica and Nicaragua* (Fig. 108).

Biological notes.

Parasitoid of Leucauge mariana (Keyserling, 1881) ( Araneae: Tetragnathidae) (Gauld, 1991; Eberhard, 2013).

Material examined.

Nicaragua, Jinotega, RN Cerro Kilambé, 1310 ± 10 m., 13.56541/-85.69785, Pasture/cloud, forest edge, 22-26.v.2011, Malaise trap (without collector), LLAMA#Ma-D-05-1-01 [sic], 1♀, ZMUT.