Eiphosoma tantalium Gauld, 2000

Cuéllar-Ramírez, Mauricio, Ramos-Pastrana, Yardany & Fernandes, Daniell R. R., 2023, Five new species of Eiphosoma Cresson, 1865 (Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae) from Colombia, new records, and a key to Colombian species, Zootaxa 5330 (4), pp. 451-491 : 473-474

Eiphosoma tantalium Gauld, 2000

Figs 64–70

Eiphosoma tantalium Gauld, 2000: 103 . Holotype female, Costa Rica (NHM).

Diagnosis. Mandible stout, weakly tapered towards distal end, with upper tooth conspicuously longer and stouter than the lower ( Figs 64–66 ); mesoscutellum with scattered punctures and two lateral stripes joining posteriorly ( Fig. 67 ); propodeum centrally wrinkled or ridged ( Fig. 68 ); fore wing with vein 3 rs -m completely absent, with vein 1 mcu joining 2 rs -m closer to Rs than of M, or rarely with lenticular areolet ( Fig. 69 ) ( Gauld 2000).

Examined material. 4♀, 1♁. Colombia, Caquetá: Valparaíso, Vereda La Florida, finca La Florida , 01°10’18”N, 75°38’40” W, 235 m, 29.III.–04.IV.2017, trampa Malaise en cultivo de caña ( Saccharum officinarum ), Y. Ramos-Pastrana (1♀, LEUA –53607) ; idem Florencia, Vereda San Francisco San Pacho, finca El Recreo, 01°42’24”N, 75°36’36” W, 643 m, 09-23.XI.2016, trampa Malaise en cultivo de caña ( Saccharum officinarum ), Y. Ramos-Pastrana (1♀, LEUA –53608) ; idem trampa Malaise en bosque secundario-dosel, Y. Ramos-Pastrana (1♁, LEUA – 53609) ; idem San Vicente del Caguán , Vereda Alto Quebradón, finca Veracruz, 02°17’52”N, 74°44’15” W, 374 m, 15.II.–01.III.2017, trampa Malaise en cultivo de caña ( Saccharum officinarum ), Y. Ramos-Pastrana (1♀, LEUA – 53610) ; idem 23.XI.–07.XII.2016 (1♀, LEUA –53611) .

New World geographical distribution. Brazil (S„o Paulo); Colombia (Caquetá *); Costa Rica (Puntarenas, Alajuela, Heredia, Limón) ( Onody et al. 2012; Yu et al. 2016; Fernandes et al. 2023). ( Fig. 70 ).

Habitat. The specimens were collected with a Malaise and suspendable type flight intersection trap at ground level and canopy in secondary forest and sugarcane ( Saccharum officinarum ) cultivation. The vegetation of the collection site corresponds to forests of the Andean-Amazonian foothills and Amazonian lowlands.

Hosts. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 70. Geographic distribution of Eiphosoma tantalium Gauld, 2000. Yellow circles represent new records and red represent previous records.

FIGURES64–69. Eiphosomatantalium Gauld, 2000(LEUA–53607).Female.64, Habitus, lateral view;65, Head andmesosoma, lateral view; 66, Head, anterior view; 67, Head, mesoscutum and scutellum, dorsal view; 68, Scutellum and propodeum, dorsal view; 69, Wings.