Clydonium Townes, 1966

Khalaim, Andrey I. & Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique, 2023, Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: Camptotypus genus-group, Zootaxa 5330 (1), pp. 47-72 : 49

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.1.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C437B3D9-13C1-44ED-9406-2D987F32F787

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8249090

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A6427D-9D3E-FFC5-FF4F-FC8EDADBF8D3

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Plazi

scientific name

Clydonium Townes, 1966
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Genus Clydonium Townes, 1966 View in CoL

Clydonium Townes View in CoL in Townes & Townes 1966: 324. Type species: Hemipimpla recta Morley, 1914 , by original designation.

References. Townes & Townes 1966: 17 [catalogue; 2 species in Neotropical region]. Graf 1976 [1 new species from Brazil]. Gauld 1991: 234 [description; review of 6 species from Costa Rica (all described as new); key]. Gauld et al. 1998: 28 [9 species in Costa Rica (3 described as new); key]. Gauld et al. 2002: 37 [1 species in El Salvador]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2002: 645 [checklist; 1 species in Mexico].

Clydonium is a small Neotropical genus comprising 12 species. Nine species were described from Costa Rica (one of them also occurs in northern Venezuela), and three species are restricted to South America. Four species, including one undescribed taxon, are found to occur in Mexico.

Species of the genus are known as parasitoids of coleopterous and lepidopterous prepupae and pupae concealed in plant stems and galls ( Gauld 1991; Sääksjärvi et al. 2004).

Key to species of Clydonium View in CoL occurring in Mexico

1. Tergite 2 of metasoma with very shallow median impression anteriorly. Tergite 1 with lateromedian carinae either absent, or weak and at most reaching to the level of spiracles. The gallicola species-group. [Face black. Mesosoma black with only mesoscutum marked with reddish brown. Metasomal tergites reddish orange. Epicnemial carina absent or present as vestige medioventrally; epicnemium with a strong secondary carina near lower corner of pronotum. Submetapleural carina complete. Ovipositor stout, strongly compressed laterally.]............................................... 2. C. garitai Gauld View in CoL

- Tergite 2 with deep median impression anteriorly ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 6–9 ). Tergite 1 with lateromedian carinae very strong, reaching to or past centre o tergite. The rectum species-group.................................................................. 2

2. Metasoma black. Female with tergites 4 and 5 with band of close, fine punctures posteriorly. Fore wing proximally black with distal apex hyaline.................................................................... 1. C. cabrerai Gauld View in CoL

- Metasoma predominantly reddish brown, posterior tergites sometimes blackish. Female with tergites 4 and 5 smooth posteriorly ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 6–9 ). Wings strongly and uniformly darkened with black ( Fig. 1 View FIGURES 1–5 )............................................. 3

3. Mesosoma entirely black ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1–5 )....................................................... 4. C. quintanillai Gauld View in CoL

- Mesosoma black with mesoscutum reddish brown ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 6–9 )..................................... 3. C. porteri sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Ichneumonidae

Loc

Clydonium Townes, 1966

Khalaim, Andrey I. & Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique 2023
2023
Loc

Clydonium

Townes, H. K. & Townes, M. 1966: 324
1966
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