Acrotaphus tibialis (Cameron, 1886)
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Acrotaphus tibialis (Cameron, 1886) View in CoL
( Figs 191–199 View FIGURES 191–200 )
Epimecis tibialis Cameron, 1886: 217 . Lectotype ♀, Mexico (BNHM), designated by Townes & Townes, 1966: 19 [exam- ined].
Acrotaphus tibialis (Cameron) View in CoL , Townes & Townes, 1960: 256
Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from all other species of Acrotaphus by the combination of the following characters: 1) margin of gena flat behind eyes in dorsal view; 2) posterior ocelli separated from eyes by 0.1× (0.1–0.3× in male) its diameter in dorsal view; 3) hind leg orange, with distal 0.3–0.4 of tibia and tarsus blackish; 4) ovipositor 1,5–1.7× as long as hind tibia.
Comments. Additional characters to the original description (♀) are as follows: body [22.0] 15.0–22.0 mm; lower face [0.9] 0.7–1.0× as broad as high (from supraclypeal suture to base of antenna); margin of gena behind eyes flat in dorsal view; margin of gena [0.4] 0.4–0.5× length of eye in dorsal view; posterior ocelli separated from eyes by [0.1]× its diameter in dorsal view; distance from tegula to head greater than [0.5] 0.5–0.6× distance from tegula to hind margin of propodeum; epicnemial carina present ventrally, extending until reaching the level of the lower corner of pronotum laterally; fore wing [17.0] 9.0–17.0 mm; cu-a opposite to the base of Rs&M; 2 rs-m [0.7] 0.7–0.9× as long as abscissa of M between 2 rs-m and 2 m-cu; hind wing with abscissa of Cu 1 between M and cu-a [1.15] 0.9–1.2× length of cu- a; tarsal claw with basal lobe quadrangular, with claw apex slightly overtaking the posterior margin of lobe; tergite I [1.8] 1.7–1.9× as long as posteriorly broad; tergite II [1.8] 1.5–1.8× as long as posteriorly broad; tergite III [1.3] 1.3–1.5× as long as posteriorly broad; tergites IV–V [1.3] 1.1–1.5× as long as pos- teriorly broad; ovipositor robust, [1.5] 1.5–1.7× as long as hind tibia; lower valve with swelling in the mid region.
Male. ( Figs 194–195 View FIGURES 191–200 ). Similar to female in structure and coloration, except margin of gena 0.5× length of eye in dorsal view; posterior ocelli separated from eyes by 0.1–0.3× its diameter in dorsal view; sternite IX ( Fig 197 View FIGURES 191–200 ) longer than high, with lateral and anterior margins strongly sclerotised, lateral margin flat and posterior margin slightly concave, with few bristles widely spaced posteriorly. Genital capsule ( Figs 198–199 View FIGURES 191–200 ): Paramere truncated apically, slightly narrower than the parameral lamina, with bristles except in posterior margin; volsellar lamina with bristles anteroapically spaced in anterior margin and with a set of about three to six bristles in anterolateral region, just below the base of the digitus; cuspis robust with about four to six teeth aligned in the mid part until apex and with four to eight few bristles spaced on apical region; digitus with teeth in apex, rounded distally and angular ventrally, with the margins of the apical region narrower than base; aedeagus with few teeth on apex and its apex slightly curved downward in lateral view.
Distribution. Colombia **, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico *, Panama, USA, Venezuela ** ( Fig 200 View FIGURES 191–200 ).
Biological notes. Parasitoid of Metazygia sp. ( Gauld, 1991) and Argiope trifasciata (Forsskal, 1775) ( Eberhard, 2013) .
Material examined. Lectotype: ♀, MEXICO,Valladolid,Yucatán(Gaumer), #HYM3.G.848[sic],#010202128, BNHM. Colombia: Meta, PNN [=Parque National Naturale] Sumapaz, Cabaña Las Mirlas, 03°48’N / 73°52’W, 710 m., Malaise, 20.viii–05.ix.2003 (A. Torrijos leg.), ♀, M.4341 [?], #53025, IAVH. Costa Rica: S. [= San] J. [= Jose], San Antonio de Escazu, 1300 m., 30.iii.1984 (W. Eberhard), ♀, BNHM; Alajuela, Ca. Esparta, 800 m. (?) [sic], xi.1981 (without collector), ♀, BNHM. Mexico: Temascal, Oax. [=Oaxaca], 21.ix.1963 (D.H. Janzen), 2♀, #203,391 and #203,392, EMEC; idem, but Chis. [=Chiapas], 3000 ft., 20 mi. N. de Huixtla, 01.vi.1969 (W. R. M. Mason), ♀, CNC; idem, but 20–25 mi. N. de Huixtla, 04.vi.1969 (B. V. Peterson), ♂, CNC; Veracruz, Estacion [de] Biol. [= Biologia] Los Tuxtlas, 24.vi.1989 (J.L. Colin), ♂ [with last metasomal tergites extracted], #5435, UNAM. Panama: Chiriqui, Irhe, Los Planes, 16 km Ne Gualaca, 8,6237, -82,2171, 20.i.1992, Light Trap, 800 m. (H. Stockwell), ♀, #ENT_0118827, STRI [digital image sent by Annette Aiello]. Venezuela: Mérida, Río Frío, via Tucaní, Mun. [=municipality] Caracciolo Parra y Olmedo, Finca El Pedregal Cacao, T. [= Trap] Malaise, 01–17.vii.2009, ♀, UCLA; idem, but 01–28.viii.2009, ♂, UCLA; La. [= Lara], Torres, Sicarigua, 17.xii.1980 (J. R. Alvarez), ♂, UCLA. USA: Texas, Hidalgo City, Bentsen Rio Grande Valley State Park , 10.vi.1977 (C. Porter), ♀, FSCA; idem, but 08.vi.1977, 4♀ and 2♂ [with last metasomal tergites extracted], FSCA; idem, but 23.v.1977, ♀, FSCA. GoogleMaps
Eberhard, W. G. (2013) The Polysphinctine Wasps Acrotaphus tibialis, Eruga ca. gutfreuundi, and Hymenoepimecis tedfordi (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) Induce Their Host Spiders to Build Modified Webs. Entomological Society of America, 106, 652 - 660. https: // doi. org / 10.1603 / AN 12147
Gauld, I. D. (1991) The Ichneumonidae of Costa Rica I. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 47, 1 - 589.
Townes, H. & Townes, M. (1960) Ichneumon-Flies of America North of Mexico: 2. Subfamilies Ephialtinae, Xoridinae, Acaenitinae. United State National Museum Bulletin, 216, 1 - 676. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.216.1 - 2
FIGURES 191–200. Acrotaphus tibialis (Cameron): 191, habitus, ♀ (lectotype); 192, head, dorsal view, ♀ (lectotype); 193, face, frontal view, ♀ (lectotype); 194, tarsal claw, ♀; 195 habitus, ♂; 196, head, frontal view, ♂; 197, sternite IX, ♂; 198, genital capsule, lateral view, ♂; 199, genital capsule, ventral view, ♂. Scale bars =0.2 mm. 200. Distribution of Acrotaphus tibialis (Cameron) in the Neotropical region.
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Beijing Natural History Museum |
IAVH |
Instituto de Ivestigacion de los Recursos Biologicos Alexander von Humboldt |
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Essig Museum of Entomology |
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Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile |
CNC |
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes |
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Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium |
UNAM |
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico |
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Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics |
UCLA |
University of California at Los Angeles |
FSCA |
Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology |
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Acrotaphus tibialis (Cameron, 1886)
Pádua, Diego G., Sääksjärvi, Ilari E., Monteiro, Ricardo F. & Oliveira, Marcio L. 2020 |
Acrotaphus tibialis
Townes, H. & Townes, M. 1960: 256 |
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