Dolichomitus annulicornis ( 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 : 215-216

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5169.3.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6957884

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Dolichomitus annulicornis ( Cameron, 1886 )
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1. Dolichomitus annulicornis ( Cameron, 1886) View in CoL

Ephialtes annulicornis Cameron 1886: 262 [♀ (all in BMNH), Guatemala (San Isidro at 1600 ft. and San Jéronimo, coll. Champion), Panama (Volcán de Chiriquí at 2000 to 6000 ft., coll. Champion)].

References. Schulz 1907: 323 [ Labena View in CoL ]. Morley 1914: 19 [ Ephialtes View in CoL ; remarks; Mexico (Oaxaca, Tabasco)]. Townes & Townes 1966: 13 [catalogue; syn. of D. zonarus zonatus View in CoL ; Guatemala, Panama]. Gauld 1991: 216 [ex synonym; Dolichomitus View in CoL ; lectotype ♀ (BMNH) designated, Guatemala, San Jerónimo, coll. Champion; Mexico (Tabasco), Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Brazil (Bahia); biology]. Gauld et al. 1998: 25 [in key; Costa Rica]. Gauld et al. 2002: 36 [ El Salvador]. RuízCancino et al. 2002: 645 [checklist; Mexico]. Hernández-Aguilar et al. 2005: 470 [ Mexico (Tamaulipas)]. Quicke et al. 2009: 1413 [ Costa Rica]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2010: 64 [checklist; Mexico (Tamaulipas)]. Araujo et al. 2020: 93 [in key], 95 [figs.].

Material examined. MEXICO. Tamaulipas: 1 ♀ ( UAT) Llera [Municipio], El Encino, 27.iii.2001, coll. C.A. Covarrubias D. 4 ♂ ( UAT) Gómez Farías, Altas Cimas , Malaise trap, 24.iv–22.v.1999, coll. S. Hernández A. 1 ♂ ( UAT) Gómez Farías, Los Cedros , 300 m, Malaise trap, 13.iii.2003, coll. D. R. Kasparyan . 2 ♂ ( UAT) Gómez Farías, Canindo , Malaise trap, 20–21.vii.1994, coll. J.B. Woolley. Ocampo, Ejido El Bejuco , 900 m, Malaise trap, coll. E. Ruíz-Cancino et al. (all in UAT): 12–25.vi.2016 (2 ♂), 30.vii–12.viii.2016 (1 ♂) . Jalisco: 1 ♀ ( TAMU) 8 mi. S of Autlan , 8.vii.1984, coll. Carroll, Schaffner & Friedlander. Veracruz: 2 ♀ ( UNAM) NE of San Andrés Tuxtla, Biological Station Los Tuxtlas , 13–20.xi, 15–19.xii.1988, coll. E. Mejorada. Same locality, 150–210 m, selva alta perennifolia, Malaise trap, coll. M. Madora: 1 ♂ ( UNAM) 10.iii–14.iv.2013 , 1 ♂ ( ZISP) 16–31.iii.2014 , 3 ♂ ( UNAM) 31.iii–16.iv.2014 , 1 ♂ ( UNAM) 14–28.v.2014 , 1 ♂ ( ZISP) 28.v–16.vi.2014 . Oaxaca: 1 ♂ ( TAMU) 15.1 mi. N of San Gabriel Mixtepec, 3850 ft. (= 1175 m), Highway 131, 11.vii.1987, coll. R. Wharton . Chiapas: 1 ♀ ( ZISP) 40 km E of Comitán, National Park Lagos de Montebello , 16.132282, -91.729243, 9.viii.2021, coll. A.I. Khalaim. GoogleMaps COSTA RICA. Cartago: 1 ♂ ( INHS) Turrialba , 2.ix.1979, coll. M.E. Irwin.

Remarks. The species belongs to the zonatus species-group, defined by Gauld (1991) for three species occurring in Costa Rica, having a vespid mimicking males with specialized fore trochanters and coxae, and females with ovipositor sheath sparsely and shortly hirsute.

Distribution. Mexico (Tamaulipas, Jalisco, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Chiapas), Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Brazil (Bahia).

Biology. Males of this species are Batesian mimics of a common species of Agelaia Lepeletier ( Hymenoptera : Vespidae ) ( Gauld 1991).

UAT

Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

TAMU

Texas A&M University

UNAM

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico

ZISP

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

INHS

Illinois Natural History Survey

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Ichneumonidae

Genus

Dolichomitus

Loc

Dolichomitus annulicornis ( Cameron, 1886 )

Khalaim, Andrey I. & Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique 2022
2022
Loc

Ephialtes annulicornis

Cameron, P. 1886: 262
1886
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