Zatypota alborhombarta ( Davis, 1895 )

Khalaim, Andrey I., Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique & Coronado-Blanco, Juana María, 2024, Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: Polysphincta genus-group, Zootaxa 5458 (2), pp. 151-196 : 188-190

1. Zatypota alborhombarta ( Davis, 1895)

( Figs 75–79 )

Clystopiga alborhombarta Davis 1895: 198 [holotype ♀ (ANSP), USA, Florida, Charlotte Harbor, coll. Annie Trumbull Slosson].

References. Cushman 1920: 30 [ Polysphincta (Zatypota) ; description; USA (Florida, Virginia)]. Townes 1944: 51 [catalogue]. Fattig 1950 [ USA (Georgia)]. Townes & Townes 1960: 279 [description; USA (Arizona, Florida, Virginia), Mexico (Nayarit / Jalisco “Peñas on Banderas Bay”)]. Townes & Townes 1966: 21 [catalogue; Mexico]. Carlson 1979: 338 [catalogue]. Gauld et al. 1998: 125 [in key; Costa Rica]. Kumagai & Graf 2000: 162 [ Brazil (Paraná)]. Gauld et al. 2002: 47 [ El Salvador]. Kumagai 2002: 192 [ Brazil (Minas Gerais)]. Kumagai & Graf 2002: 450 [ Brazil (Paraná)]. Hernández-Aguilar et al. 2005: 470 [ Mexico (Tamaulipas)]. Rodríguez-Mota et al. 2015: 979 [ Mexico (Tamaulipas)]. Gonzaga et al. 2016 [host, biology; Brazil (São Paulo)]. Khalaim et al. 2018: 24 [ Mexico (Veracruz)]. Kloss et al. 2024 [host, biology; Brazil (Espírito Santo)].

Variation. One male from the State of Oaxaca possesses metasoma without white markings, and is predominantly brownish black to black with tergites 2–4 brown .

Material examined. MEXICO. Nuevo León: 1 ♀ ( TAMU) Cola de Caballo (waterfall), 18.iii.1985, coll. R. Wharton. Tamaulipas: NW of Cd. Victoria, Los Troncones (park), coll. A.I. Khalaim : 1 ♀ ( UAT) 20.xii.2007 , 1 ♂ ( UAT) 23.ii.2008 , 1 ♀ ( ZISP) 13.x.2012 . 2 ♀ ( UAT) Gómez Farías, Los Cedros , Malaise trap, 20–27.ii, 3– 10.iv.1999, coll. S. Hernández-Aguilar. 1 ♀ ( ZISP) same locality and trap, 300 m, 13.iii.2003, coll. D.R. Kasparyan. 1 ♂ ( UAT) Ocampo, 1.4 km from Joya de Manantiales , 13.v.1995, coll. S. Niño-Maldonado, C. Hernández V. & H. Hernández-Martinez. 1 ♂ ( UAT) Llera, Ejido F. Angeles , 320 m, 1.vi.2000, coll. E. Ruíz-Cancino. 17 km N of Palmillas, Ejido Magdaleno Aguilar , 23°26.995’N, 99°33.440’W, 1450 m, pine forest + juniper, Malaise trap, coll. E. Ruíz-Cancino et al. (all in UAT): 2–14.iii.2012 (1 ♂), 14–27.vi.2012 (2 ♀), 19.vii–1.viii.2012 (1 ♀) . 1 ♀ ( UAT) Tula, Ejido Gallitos , 960 m, Malaise trap, 1–15.x.2016, coll. E. Ruíz-Cancino & J.M. Coronado-Blanco. 1 ♀ ( UAT) Palmillas, Ejido Llano de Azúa , 1620 m, Malaise trap, 10–29.x.2016, coll. E. Ruíz-Cancino & J.M. Coronado-Blanco. Colima: 1 ♀ ( TAMU) 9 mi. NE of Comala , at light, 18.vii.1983, coll. Kovarik, Harrison & Schaffner. Veracruz: 1 ♀ ( FSCA) Fortin de las Flores, Cerveceria Moctezuma , Black light trap, 14.vii.1964, coll. D. Rabalo. Oaxaca : 1 ♂ ( UAT) W of Oaxaca de Juárez, Monte Albán Ruins , 17.043°N, 96.767°W, 1940 m, 10.iii.2013, coll. A.I. Khalaim. GUATEMALA. 1 ♀ ( AEIC) Department Izabal, Las Escobas , 200 m, v.1987, coll. M.J. Sharkey.

Distribution. USA (Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Virginia), Mexico (Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Nayarit/Jalisco, Colima, Veracruz, Oaxaca), Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Brazil (Minas Gerais, Paraná, São Paulo). First record from Guatemala.

Biology. Parasitod of adult spider Achaearanea tingo Levi ( Gonzaga et al. 2016) and Cryptachaea migrans (Keyserling) ( Kloss et al. 2024) ( Theridiidae ) in Brazil. The parasitoid larva induces the spider to build a very simple and strong modified web composed of two cables attached to the surrounding vegetation ( Gonzaga et al. 2016). However, Kloss et al. (2024) observed that modified webs built by parasitized spiders in the host web did not improve the survival of parasitoid pupae, and the benefits of host behavioral modification for the parasitoids may vary across different host species.

Figures

FIGURES 75–78. Zatypota alborhombarta, ♀: 75—habitus (without antennae), lateral; 76—wings; 77—head and anterior part of mesosoma, dorsal; 78—mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral.

FIGURES 79–82. Zatypota alborhombarta, ♀: 79—tergites 2–4 of metasoma, dorsal. Zatypota petronae, ♀ (Tamaulipas): 80—habitus (without antennae), lateral; 81—head and anterior part of mesosoma, dorsal; 82—hind leg, lateral.