Iseropus hylesiae Kasparyan, 2006

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 : 222

1. Iseropus hylesiae Kasparyan, 2006

( Figs 29–31 )

Iseropus hylesiae Kasparyan 2006: 210 [ holotype ♀ (UAT), Mexico, Tlaxcala, Huamantla , ex Hylesia iola Dyar , viii.2001; ♀ ♂, Mexico (Hidalgo, Chiapas)].

Material examined. MEXICO. Sinaloa: 1 ♀ ( EMEC) 8 mi. W of El Palmito , 6000 ft. (= 1830 m), at light, 12.x.1975, coll. J. Powell et al. Querétaro: 1 ♀ ( UNAM) S of Amealco de Bonfil, San Pedro Tenango , 20º08’12”N, 100º06’37”W, 2518 m, 24.x.2007, coll. H. Brailovsky & L. Cervantes. 1 ♀ ( UAQ) Municipio Colón, Los Trigos, Cerro El Zamorano Mt. , 12.iii.1997, coll. Eliut Hurtado. Hidalgo: 1 ♀ ( ZISP) SW of Prismas Basalticos , 20.204738ºN, - 98.612887ºW, forest, 28.vii.2021, coll. A.I. Khalaim. 1 ♀ (UAT) Acaxochitlán , pine-oak forest, 21.vii.1995, coll. C.A. Covarrubias D. & S. Hernández A. D.F.: 2 ♀, 1 ♂ ( UNAM) “ La Villa Sur del D.F. Agosto, 1962” .

Diagnosis. Submetapleural carina absent. Pronotum with white stripe along its dorsal margin ( Fig. 30 ). Fore wing with pterostigma brownish yellow ( Fig. 29 ). Face of male black. Female with ovipositor sheath 1.6–1.7× as long as hind tibia ( Fig. 29 ).

Distribution. Mexico (Sinaloa, Querétaro, Hidalgo, D.F., Tlaxcala, Chiapas).

Biology. Specimens from Tlaxcala were reared from Hylesia iola Dyar ( Lepidoptera : Saturniidae ), and specimens from Chiapas from the nest of Hylesia sp. on Arbutus xalapensis Kunth (Ericaceae) ( Kasparyan 2006).

Figures

FIGURES 27–31. Endromopoda daschi sp. nov., holotype, ♀: 27—habitus (without antennae and wings), lateral; 28—apex of ovipositor, lateral. Iseropus hylesiae, paratype, ♀ (Tlaxcala): 29—habitus (without antennae), lateral; 30—mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral; 31—apex of ovipositor.