Agonocryptus flavosternum Gupta, 1982

Supeleto, Fernanda A. & Aguiar, Alexandre P., 2022, One hundred new records, a new species, and the first pictures of Agonocryptus Cushman (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), Zootaxa 5178 (6), pp. 547-576 : 555-556

Agonocryptus flavosternum Gupta, 1982 stat. nov.

( Figs 5D–F , 18L , 21C )

Agonocryptus leurosus flavosternum Gupta, 1982 . Original description, male and female, keyed, map.

Agonocryptus leurosus flavosternum: Yu et al., 2006 . Catalog.

Variation. Hind t4–5 yellow (vs. brownish); T2 apically without apical broad triangular black mark ( Fig. 5F ) (vs. present).

Distribution. Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay ( Fig. 18L ). Bootstrap analysis suggests that this species occurs typically between 100–500 m, like most Agonocryptus spp. ( Fig. 21C ).

Material examined. Total of 1♀. BOLIVIA, 1♀,?, Beni Department,?, Rio Mamore approx. 10 Km E San Antonio,?, 156 m, 13°54’52.77”S, 65°08’20.61”W, 1965-08-12, J.K.Bouseman, 3?, AMNH .

Figures

FIGURE 5. Habitus, head in frontal view, and dorsal view. A–C, A. discoidaloides ♀ from USA (Georgia) (sea level). D–F, A. flavosternum ♀ from Bolivia (Beni Department) (156 m). Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 18. All known distribution records forAgonocryptus spp.Species presented in alphabetical order.Previously published data plotted as circles, new records as triangles.

FIGURE 21. Typical elevation, in meters, for species of Agonocryptus with 6 or more confirmed records (N). Each histogram built from 200 bootstrap resampling. Results are sorted from lowest to highest average. Alphabetically: A. adustus (K); A. chichimecus (B); A. discoidaloides (A); A. flavosternum (C); A. fumosus (F); A. lioneli (D); A. nigristernum (H); A. physocnemis (J); A. rufithorax (E); A. rugifrons (L); A. russulus (G); A. varus (I).