Scambus emeritae Gauld, 1991

Khalaim, Andrey I. & Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique, 2022, Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: Ephialtes genus-group, Zootaxa 5169 (3), pp. 201-251 : 235-236

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6. Scambus emeritae Gauld, 1991 View in CoL

( Figs 54–58 View FIGURES 54–58 )

Scambus emeritae Gauld 1991: 171 View in CoL [holotype ♀ (INBio), Costa Rica, San José Prov., Cerro de la Muerte , 20 km S of Empalme, 2800 m, ix.1988, coll. P. Hanson; ♀,? ♂].

References. Gauld et al. 1998: 18 [in key; Costa Rica; host].

Material examined. MEXICO. Tamaulipas: 1 ♀ ( ZISP) 8 km NNE Miquihuana , 2200–2300 m, 5.xi.2013, coll. S.A. Belokobylskij. Jalisco: 1 ♀ (UAT) 10 km S of Tequila, Volcán de Tequila , 20°47.4’N, 103°51’W, 2750–2850 m, 7.ii.2009, coll. A.I. Khalaim (compared with S. emeritae holotype) GoogleMaps . Puebla: 1 ♀ ( AEIC) Cholula, 8.xi.1972, coll. B. & C. Dasch.

Distribution. Mexico (Tamaulipas, Jalisco, Puebla), Costa Rica. First record from Mexico.

Biology. Reared from the gall of Eutreta sp. ( Diptera : Tephritidae ) on the stem of Ageratina sp. (Asteraceae) in Costa Rica ( Gauld et al. 1998).