Eiphosoma vitticolle Cresson, 1865

Fernandes, Daniell R. R., Pádua, Diego G., Mazariegos, Luis A. & Araujo, Rodrigo O., 2023, Two new Darwin wasp species of Eiphosoma Cresson, 1865 (Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae) from the northwestern Andes of Colombia, Zootaxa 5375 (2), pp. 262-272 : 270

Eiphosoma vitticolle Cresson, 1865

Figs 5A–E

Eiphosoma vitticollis Cresson, 1865: 53 . [Original description. Lectotype female, CUBA (ANSP). Designated by Cresson 1916: 62]

Eiphosoma motaguense Cockerell, 1913: 63 . [Holotype male, GUATEMALA (USNM). Synonymized by Townes & Townes 1966: 166]

Eiphosoma jamaicense Brues, 1917: 451 . [Holotype male, JAMAICA (MCZ, not examined). Synonymized by Townes & Townes 1966: 166]

Eiphosoma silvai Costa Lima, 1953: 182. [Holotype female, BRAZIL (Instituto de Ecologia e Experimentação Agricola, Ministerio de Agricultura , Rio de Janeiro). Synonymized by Townes & Townes 1966: 166]

Diagnosis. Among the species of this species-group, E. vitticolle differs from E. laphygmae Costa Lima, 1953 (morphologically similar, and species also present in Colombia) by the completely yellow mesopleuron in E. vitticolle and with black marks on the mesopleuron in E. laphygmae .

Distribution. Belize, Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo), Colombia (Antioquia), Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, U.S.A. (introduced into Texas) and Venezuela ( Yu et al., 2016, Fernandes et al., 2023).

Material examined. COLOMBIA, Jardín, Antioquia, Mesenia-Paramillo Nature Reserve (1800m – 3000m altitude), 5°29’45.8”N 75°53’21.3”W, entomological net, IV.2019, Mazariegos, L. (1♀, UNIANDES) .

Figures

FIGURE 5A–E. Eiphosoma vitticolle Cresson, 1865, female. A. Habitus, lateral. B. Head, front view. C. Propodeum, dorsal view. D. Wings. E. Mesosoma, dorsal view.