Echthromorpha rufa CAMERON 1907

Madl, M., 2012, Notes on the genus Echthromorpha HOLMGREN 1868 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) in the Malagasy Subregion, Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (2), pp. 1207-1213 : 1209-1210

Echthromorpha rufa CAMERON 1907 status revived

Echthromorpha rufa n.sp.: CAMERON 1907: 80 (descr., Seychelles ( Mahé)).

Echthromorpha rufa CAMERON 1907 : MORLEY 1912: 171 (tax., biol., Seychelles ( Mahé, Silhouette)).

Echthromorpha rufa CAMERON 1907 : MORLEY 1913: 39 (key), 48 (tax.).

Echthromorpha rufa CAMERON 1907 : SEYRIG 1932: 89 (tax.).

Echthromorpha rufa CAMERON 1907 : SCOTT 1933: 365.

Echthromorpha agrestoria rufa CAMERON 1907 : TOWNES & TOWNES 1973: 36 (tax., type design., cat.).

Echthromorpha rufa CAMERON 1907 : GERLACH, MATYOT & SAARISTO 1997: 28 (cat. Seychelles).

Echthromorpha agrestoria rufa CAMERON 1907 : YU & HORSTMANN 1997: 826 (cat.).

H o s t: Unknown.

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Seychelles: Inner Seychelles: Mahé: Morne Seychellois National Park: Morne Blanc 12 27.- 28.5. 1996 leg. M. Madl ( NHMW) ; 400-667m 5 1 27.5.1996 leg. S. Schödl ( NHMW) – Mare aux Cochons 1 1 31.10.1998 leg. M. Madl ( NHMW) – Casse Dent 5 8.6.1999 leg. M. Madl ( NHMW) ― Silhouette: La Passe 3 16.- 22.5.2003 leg. M. Madl ( NHMW) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Seychelles: Mahé, Silhouette.

Endemic to Inner Seychelles or Seychelles proper. It is near Echthromorpha hyalina (DE SAUSSURE) , but differs in characters mentioned in the key.