Acrotaphus fascipennis (Cresson, 1865)

Pádua, Diego G., Sääksjärvi, Ilari E., Monteiro, Ricardo F. & Oliveira, Marcio L., 2020, Review of the New World genus Acrotaphus Townes, 1960 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae), with descriptions of fifteen new species, Zootaxa 4719 (1), pp. 1-62 : 24

Acrotaphus fascipennis (Cresson, 1865)

( Figs 68–73 )

Epimecis fascipennis Cresson, 1865: 33 . Lectotype ♀ Cuba (ANSP), designated by Cresson , 1916: 31 [examined] Hymenoepimecis fascipennis (Cresson) , Townes, 1946: 36

Acrotaphus fascipennis (Cresson) , Townes & Townes, 1960: 256.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from all other Acrotaphus by the combination of the following characters: 1) margin of gena behind eyes flat in dorsal view; 2) margin of gena 0.3× length of eye in dorsal view; 3) posterior ocelli separated from eyes by 0.1× its diameter in dorsal view; 4) metasoma entirely orange; 5) hind leg orange, with distal tibia 0.4 and tarsus brownish; 6) ovipositor robust, 1.1× as long as hind tibia.

Comments. Additional characters to the original description (♀) are as follows: body [10.0] mm; lower face [0.9]× as broad as high (from supraclypeal suture to base of antenna); margin of gena behind the eyes flat in dorsal view; margin of gena [0.3]× 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 [0.4]× distance from tegula to hind margin of propodeum; epicnemial carina present ventrally, extending until reaching the level of the lower corner of the pronotum laterally; fore wing [9.2] mm; cu-a opposite to the base of Rs&M; 2 rs-m [0.7]× 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 [0.9]× length of cu- a; tarsal claw with basal lobe quadrangular, with claw apex slightly overtaking the posterior margin of lobe; tergite I [1.7]× as long as posteriorly broad; tergite II [1.4]× as long as posteriorly broad; tergite III [1.2]× as long as posteriorly broad; tergites IV–V [1.2]× as long as posteriorly broad; ovipositor robust, [1.1]× as long as hind tibia; lower valve with swelling in the mid region.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Cuba ( Fig 74 ).

Biological notes. Host unknown.

Material examined. Lectotype: ♀, CUBA, [without other information], #626, ANSP.

Figures

FIGURES 68–74. Acrotaphus fascipennis (Cresson) ♀ (lectotype): 68, habitus; 69, head, dorsal view; 70, metasoma, laterodor- sal view; 71, wings, lateral view; 72, face, frontal view; 73, tarsal claw, scale bar =0.2 mm. 74. Distribution of Acrotaphus fascipennis (Cresson) in the Neotropical region.