Scambus mexicanus ( Cameron, 1886 )

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 : 240

Scambus mexicanus ( Cameron, 1886)

Pimpla mexicana Cameron 1886: 266 [♀ (lost), Mexico, coll. Bilimek].

References. Townes & Townes 1966: 9 [catalogue; Scambus (? Lissoscambus); Mexico; type lost]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2002: 645 [checklist; Mexico].

Remarks. Taxonomical status of this species is uncertain, the type is lost. Cameron(1886:266) provided the following description of this species: “Nigra; tegulis palpisque albis; scutello, pedibus maculaque pleurali rufis; tibiis posticis albis, apice nigris; tarsis posticis pallidis, nigro annulatis; alis subfumatis, stigmate sordide testaceo.”, “Antennae scarcely so long as the abdomen; fuscous on the lower side (especially towards the base of the flagellum); covered with a microscopic pile. Head finely punctured, semiopaque. Mesonotum aciculate; pleurae shining, impunctate; a broad oblique reddish band proceeding from the tegulse to the hind coxae. Metathorax finely punctured, aciculate in the middle above. Abdomen closely and somewhat strongly punctured, the apices of the segments shining. Sheaths of the ovipositor thick, densely pilose, a little shorter than the tibiae.”

Distribution. Mexico.