Agonocryptus russulus 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 : 566

Agonocryptus russulus Gupta, 1982

( Figs 13A–K , 20E , 21G )

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

Agonocryptus russulus: Yu et al. (2006) : Catalog.

Variation. Orbital band faint, almost indistinct or missing ( Figs 13A–C ) (vs. distinct); pronotal collar entirely reddish brown (vs. with white mark); upper edge of pronotum reddish-brown (vs. white); subtegular ridge and tegula reddish brown ( Fig. 13G ) (vs. white); postscutellum yellowish (vs. reddish brown); upper division of metapleuron and metapleuron posterior corner with whitish marks (vs. entirely reddish brown); hind t1 basally blackish (vs. white); hind t4–5 blackish ( Figs 13E–H ) (vs. white); tergites entirely reddish brown ( Fig. 13I–K ) (vs. apically brownish).

Three females from Santa Teresa (Espírito Santo State, southeastern Brazil) have supraclypeal area centrally with a black spot ( Fig. 13A ).

One female from Parque Estadual do Rio Doce (Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil) has fore wing with brownish mark only apically ( Fig. 12H ) (vs. present medially and apically).

One female from Guaratuba (Paraná State, southern Brazil) without orbital band ( Fig. 13B ) (vs. distinct).

One female from Capão do Leão (Rio Grande do Sul State, southern Brazil) has petiolar area of propodeum medially with two whitish spots (vs. absent); second recurrent vein meeting areolet at its basal 0.4 or apical 0.35– 0.45 (vs. at middle); areolet wider than high (vs. squarish, as wide as high); hind wing nervellus intercepted a little or distinctly above the middle (vs. at middle).

One female from João Neiva (Espírito Santo State, southeastern Brazil) has the following whitish structures (vs. whitish absent): scutellum, postscutellum, upper division of metapleuron, spot on postero ventral corner of mesopleuron and metapleuron, a mark on propodeum posteriorly, dorsal spot on all coxae, and tergites posteriorly.

Distribution. Brazil (Espírito Santo NR, Minas Gerais, Paraná NR, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul NR, Santa Catarina NR, São Paulo) ( Fig. 20E ). Bootstrap analysis suggests that this species occurs typically between 100–500 m, like most Agonocryptus spp. ( Fig. 21G ).

Material examined. Total of 22 specimens, 22♀. BRAZIL, 1♀, Espírito Santo,?, João Neiva, Sitio Monte Negro ,?, 86 m, 19°44’26.30”S, 40°22’30.61”W, 2007-07-07 /13, F.G.Rampinelli et al., Malaise, UFES42003 , LAPIS2919, UFES • 4ib, Santa Teresa, Reserva Biológica Augusto Ruschi , ib, 789 m, 19°53’41”S, 40°32’45”W, 2016-07/08-17/01, A.P.Aguiar et al., ib,?, FAS388, ib • 7ib, 816 m, 19°54’11.3”S, 40°32’53.4”W, 2016-10-09 /24, 3ib, FAS389, ib • 5ib, Reserva Biológica Augusto Ruschi at Cachoeira trail, ib, 810 m, 19°54’39.7”S, 40°33’10.8”W, 2016-10-08 /24, 3ib, FAS387, ib • 2ib, Minas Gerais, ib,?, Parque Estadual do Rio Doce , ib, 300 m, 19°40’08.30”S, 42°31’52.82”W, 2002-07-24 /31, J.C.R.Fontenele, 2ib,?, ib • 16ib • 10ib, 2002-07/08-31/07, 5ib • 10ib, 2003-06- 10 /17, 5ib • 10ib, 2007-07-14 /24, 5ib • 10ib, 2007-07/08-31/07, 5ib • 2ib, Paraná, 2ib, Embrapa BR476 Km 20, ib, 923 m, 25°21’09.75”S, 49°10’43.50”W, 1986-10-13, PROFAUPAR, 3ib, DZUP • 4ib, Guaratuba ,?, ib, 8 m, 25°53’02.33”S, 48°34’33.69”W, 1976-10/11-31/06, B.Oliveira,?, 3ib • 2ib , Rio Grande do Sul, ib, Arroio Grande , 2ib, 101 m, 32°13’22”S, 53°11’57”W, 2002-11-15, R.F.Krüger, Malaise, 2ib, UFES • 10ib, 2003-10-24, 5ib • 10ib, 2003-11-07, 5ib • 4ib, Capão do Leão , 2ib, 7 m, 31°48’16”S, 52°24’13”W, 2003-11-21, 5ib • 10ib, 2004-01-23, 5ib • 10ib, 2004-04-02, 2ib, UFES59267 , 2 ib • 13ib, UFES59268 , 2 ib • 10ib, 2004-04-09, 2ib, UFES59286 , 2 ib • 2ib, Santa Catarina, ib, Nova Teutônia , 2ib, 300 m, 27°11’0”S, 52°23’0”W, 4?, ib, ZSMC • 2ib, São Paulo, ib, Matão , 2ib, 550 m, 21°36’03.79”S, 48°21’39.37”W, 2008-12-02, 4ib, UFES .

Figures

FIGURE 12. Agonocryptus rugifrons ♀, from Argentina. Habitus, head in frontal view, and dorsal view. A, B, E, specimen from Salta (1327 m); C, H, F, specimen 1 from La Rioja (823 m); D, I, G, specimen 2 from La Rioja (same collecting event). Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 13. Agonocryptus russulus ♀, from Brazil. Habitus, head in frontal view, and dorsal view. A, E, I, specimen from Espírito Santo (789 m); B, specimen from Paraná (sea level); C, G, K, specimen from Rio Grande do Sul (101 m); D, H, J, specimen from Minas Gerais (300 m); F, specimen from Rio Grande do Sul (7 m). Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 20. 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).