Vipio belfragei (Cresson, 1872)

Quicke, Donald L. J., Shaw, Scott R., Inayatullah, Mian & Butcher, Buntika A., 2020, The genus Vipio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in the Neotropical Region, ZooKeys 925, pp. 89-140 : 89

Vipio belfragei (Cresson, 1872) Figures 1 , 2

Bracon belfragei Cresson, 1872: 186; Vipio belfragei : Pierce, 1908: 44; Shelefelt, 1978: 1843; Inayatullah et al., 1998: 125-127, figs 3, 25; López-Martínez et al. 2009: 215; Zavipio belfragei : Sattertwait, 1932: 1003.

Type material.

Holotype ♀, USA, Texas, (no date), W. Belfrage (USNM type No. 1610) (examined).

Comments.

Additional material examined is summarised in Inayatullah et al. (1998) who re-described it. It is fully illustrated here for the first time. This is a common, widespread, and rather variable ( Inayatullah et al. 1998) species in the USA and Mexico with a range extending as far south as Costa Rica and Panama.

Figures

Figure 1. Montaged light micrographs of Vipio belfragei female. A Habitus, lateral view B face C head and anterior mesosoma, lateral view D head, dorsal view E mesosoma, lateral view F wings G claw.

Figure 2. Montaged light micrographs of Vipio belfragei female. A Mesosoma, dorsal view B propodeum C metasomal tergite I, near dorsal view D metasomal tergites II-IV, dorsal view.