Stethantyx altamira Khalaim & Broad, 2013

Khalaim, Andrey I., Sääksjärvi, Ilari E. & Bordera, Santiago, 2015, Tersilochinae of Western Amazonia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Genus Stethantyx Townes, part 2, Zootaxa 3981 (1), pp. 95-106 : 105

Stethantyx altamira Khalaim & Broad, 2013

( Figs 24–28 )

Morphological remarks. In South American specimens mesosoma is completely black ( Fig. 24 ); hind leg (except trochanters) strongly darkened with brown ( Fig. 27 ); head with eye orbits distinctly convergent ventrally ( Fig. 25 ); temple, in dorsal view, 0.4× as long as eye width; clypeus small, 2.3× as broad as long ( Fig. 25 ); flagellum with 25 flagellomeres; basal part of propodeum 0.7× as long as apical area ( Fig. 26 ); second tergite 1.9× as long as anteriorly broad; and ovipositor sheath 3.2× as long as first tergite ( Fig. 28 ).

Material examined. Ecuador, Orellana : 1 ♀ ( ZISP) Onkone Gare, 0º39′25.7′′ S, 76º27′10.8′′ W, 216.3 m, canopy fogging, 6.X.1995, coll. T.L. Erwin et al. Peru, Cusco: 1 ♀ ( AEIC) Avispas, near Marcapata, 30 m, 20– 30.X.1962, coll. Luis Peña.

Distribution. Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru. First record from South America.

Figures

FIGURES 24 – 28. Stethantyx altamira, ♀ (Ecuador): 24 — head, mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral; 25 — head, frontal; 26 — propodeum, dorsolateral; 27 — hind leg (without coxa and apical tarsomeres), lateral; 28 — apex of metasoma with ovipositor, lateral.