Orthocentrus luteoclypeus Veijalainen, 2014

Humala, Andrei E., 2019, Mexican species of the genus Orthocentrus (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae: Orthocentrinae), Zootaxa 4709 (1), pp. 1-83 : 28

Orthocentrus luteoclypeus Veijalainen, 2014

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Orthocentrus luteoclypeus Veijalainen in Veijalainen et al., 2014: 214–215 [holotype female (BMNH), ‘ Guatemala, Suchitepéq., 4 km S Vol. Atitlán, 1575± 4 m, 14.54807ºN, 91.19188ºW, cloud forest, 14–18 Jun 2009, Malaise, LLAMA#Ma-B- 09-1-02 ’].

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Material examined. 24 ♀ México, Tamaulipas, Gómez Farias, Alta Cima , MT, 3–10.VII.1999, 12–19.VI.1999, 19–26.VI.1999, leg. S. Hernández ( UAT) ; Tamaulipas, 14 km W Jaumave, La Florida , MT 13–20.V.2005, leg. D. R. Kasparyan & D. Pinson ( UAT) ; Tamaulipas, rancho Sta. Elena , 15 km SW Cd.Victoria, 964 m, MT, 14–23, 23–30.IV.2010, leg. A. E. Humala & E. Ruiz C. ( UAT, KRC) ; 2 ♀ Tamaulipas, Palmillas, 23.16806° N, 99.561569° W, Ejido Llano de Azúa Juniperus y mat. espinoso, 1620 m, MT2, 14–27.VIII.2016, 26.IX–9.X.2016, leg. E. Ruíz Cancino & J.M. Coronado B. ( UAT) ; 2 ♀ Veracruz; Xalapa , 1279 m, N 19°30′, W 96°55′, USBI, MT, T1H3, 21.III– 8.IV.2015, leg. M. López-Ortega ; 3 ♀ the same palce, but 21.IV.2015, leg. M. López-Ortega ( UNAM) ; 3 ♀ Hidalgo, Huasca de Ocampo, rancho Sta. Elena , MT3, 25.XI–26.XII.2005, leg. A. Contreras et al. ( UNAM) , 1 ♀ Hidalgo, Huasca de Ocampo, rancho Sta. Elena , MT, 25.XI–26.XII.2005, leg. Meléndez & Hdz ( UNAM, UAT and ZISP) .

Distribution. Costa Rica, Guatemala; Mexico (Hidalgo, Tamaulipas, Veracruz).

New to Mexico.

Comments. Compared with the other species that have notauli and a complete posterior transverse carina, subocular sulcus is bent, unlike in O. rectus and O. saaksjarvii , ovipositor lacks a notch, and orbits are creamy only near the antennal sockets, unlike in O. maculae .

Figures

FIGURE 26. Distribution map of Orthocentrus in Mexico. O. latus, O. luteoclypeus, O. rufipleuris, O. similis