Xanthopimpla aurita Krieger 1914

Gómez, Isrrael C., Sääksjärvi, Ilari E., Broad, Gavin R., Puhakka, Liisa, Castillo, Carol, Peña, Carlos & Pádua, Diego G., 2014, The Neotropical species of Xanthopimpla Saussure (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae), Zootaxa 3774 (1), pp. 57-73 : 67-68

Xanthopimpla aurita Krieger 1914

( Figs. 5 b, 6b, 7b)

Original description. See Krieger (1914).

Re-descriptions in English. See Townes (1969) and Gauld (1991).

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from all other Neotropical Xanthopimpla by the combination of the following characters: 1) occipital carina incomplete, expanded into a high thin flange only basally; 2) posterior transverse carina bowed in the center; 3) ovipositor with 11 teeth on lower valve; and 4) ovipositor sheath about 0.9 to 1.2 times as long as hind tibia.

Distribution. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Venezuela.

Material examined. Brazil: Female ( INPA): Dept. of Amazonas, Manaus. Ribeiro, Vidal & Vidal leg. Malaise trap, VII.2001. Female ( INPA): Dept. of Rondônia, Ouro Preto do Oeste. Rafael & Vidal leg. Malaise trap, VII.1995. Female ( BMNH): Papagaio. Smith leg. 1904. Female ( BMNH): Dos Arroyos. Smith leg. 1904. Female ( MZUSP): Dept. of São Paulo, Ubatuba. 200 m. Santos & Scott-Santos leg. Malaise trap, 15–18.I.2006. Female ( MZUSP): Dept. of São Paulo, Barueri. XII.1960. K. Lenko leg.

Colombia: Female ( BMNH): Putumayo, Villa Garzon. 400 m. Cooper leg. 1984.

Costa Rica: Female ( BMNH) Guanacaste National Park, Estacion pitilla, 680 m. Gauld & Mitchell leg. V– VI. X.1988. Female ( BMNH) Guanacaste National Park, Santa Rosa sector, coastal forest. 10– 20 m. Gauld & Mitchell leg. VII–VIII.1988. Female ( BMNH) San Antonio de Ecazu, 1300 m. Eberhard & Gauld leg. V.1988. Male ( BMNH) San Antonio de Ecazu, 1300 m. Eberhard & Gauld leg. XII.1988 – I.1989. Male ( BMNH), Santa Rosa National Park, 0– 10 m. Eberhard & Gauld leg. VII.1988.

Ecuador: Female ( BMNH): Sucumbios, Pañacocha. 400 m. Cooper leg. 2000. Female ( NHRS): Napo, Yasuni National Park. Pape & Viklund leg. Malaise trap 00°38’ S, 76°36’ W, 3–20.XI. 1998.

Peru: Female ( UNSM): Peru, Dept. of Loreto, Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana. 3°58’35 S, 73°25’57 W, 124 m. Gómez & Sääksjärvi leg Malaise trap. XII.2011. Female ( ZMUT): as above but 28.XI–4.XII. 2011. Female ( ZMUT): as above but 4.X–7.XI.2011. Male ( ZMUT): as above but 31.X–6.XI.2011. Male ( ZMUT): as above but 28.XI–4.XII. 2011. Female ( ZMUT): Peru, Dept. of Loreto, Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana. Varillal, Sääksjärvi et al. leg Malaise trap E1(8) 29.VI.2000. Female ( ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap 16.VIII– 1.IX.1998. Female ( ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap I1 20.I.2000. Female ( ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap F1(15) 8.X.2000. Female ( ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap G3(16) 21.XII.2000. Female ( ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap I1 (16) 15.XII.2000. Female ( ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap E2(1) 22.II.2000. Female ( ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap E1 (8) 29.VI.2000. Female ( ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap G1 23.I.2001. Female ( ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap C2(2) 4–18.IX.1998. Male ( ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap H 1.XII.2000. Male ( ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap E1(17) 28.XII.2000. Male ( ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap G2(15) 8.XI.2000. Male ( ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap F1(3) 8.III.2000. Male ( ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap E1(3) 24.III.2000. Male ( ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap E1(14) 15.X.2000. Male ( ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap E1(2) 7.III.2000. Male ( ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap I1 20.01.2001. Male ( ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap E1(11) 18.VIII.2000. Male ( ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap Female ( ZMUT): Peru, Dept. of Madre de Dios, Los Amigos, Isrrael Gómez leg, Malaise trap. VII.2008.

Notes. The species is recorded here for the first time from Ecuador and Colombia.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Habitus of the aurita species-group (a) Xanthopimpla allpahuaya; (b) X. aurita; (c) X. craspedoptera; (e) X. rhabdomera; (f) X. spiloptera and the unplaced species (d) X. peruana.