Lepidura collaris Townes, 1971

Araujo, Rodrigo O. & Vivallo, Felipe, 2018, Taxonomic revision of Lepidura Townes, 1971 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Mesochorinae) with the description of three new species, new distribution records and a key to the all known species, Zootaxa 4514 (2), pp. 215-229 : 217-218

Lepidura collaris Townes, 1971

Lepidura collaris Townes, 1971 . 85 (Original description); Dasch, 1974. 16, 18, 19, 410, 476 (Listed, keyed, illustration of habitus and metasoma); Lanfranco, 1980. 79 (Listed); Quicke et al., 1992. 594 (Listed); Wahl, 1993. 384 (Listed).

Diagnosis: Antenna brown. Body almost entirely bluish green. Head slightly darker around ocelli. Pronotum, mesothorax, anterior margin of all tibiae, posterior margin of hind tibia, all tarsi, anterior margin of T2 and T3, metasomal segments 6–9, gonoforceps (male), hypopygium and ovipositor sheath (female), dark brown. Costula absent. Anterior transverse carina of propodeum absent. Propodeum without areola, smooth ( Fig. 2 ).

Type material: Holotype female ( USU, examined).

Type locality: CHILE: Región de la Araucanía: Caracautín ( Río Blanco ) .

Distribution ( Fig. 6 ): ARGENTINA: Neuquén: Lago Lacar ( Dasch, 1974). *San Martín de Los Andes. CHILE: Región de la Araucanía: Cherquenco ( Dasch, 1974). Río Blanco ( Townes, 1971). Región de Bío-Bío: Alto Caicupul, Las Cabras, Las Trancas, Pichimahuel ( Dasch, 1974). Región del Maule: Coigual, El Coipo ( Dasch, 1974). Región de Los Lagos: Ensenada, Puerto Montt ( Dasch, 1974). Región de Los Ríos: Puerto Fuy ( Dasch, 1974).

Material Examined: 1 female: Holotype, Curacautin , Malleco , Rio Blanco , Chile, Feb , 1964, Luis Peña ( USU). 1 female: Rio Blanco , Curacautin, Malleco, Chile, 27-31-I-1959, L.E. Peña ( CNC). 1 male: Cherquenco, Cautin, Chile, I-II.1954, L.E. Peña ( CNC). 1 female: RA Neuquén, S. Martin Andes, Pucará, Jan.’70, Schajovskoy coll ( FSCA). 1 female: Las Trancas, Cord. Nuble, 9, 11-Marzo-52, Coll: L. E. Pena ( FSCA).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Distribution records for Lepidura collaris Townes, 1971, L. improcera Dash, 1974 and L. rubicunda Dash, 1974.

FIGURES 1–3. Propodeum in dorsal view. 1–2 Propodeum without areola: 1 Propodeum with subpentagonal area delimited by complete lateral longitudinal and posterior transverse carinae and incomplete anterior transverse and median longitudinal carinae, Lepidura abbreviata Dash, 1974; 2 Propodeum smooth, with reduced carinae, L. olivacea Dash, 1974; 3 Propodeum with areola delimited by the median longitudinal, anterior transverse and posterior transverse carinae, L. improcera Dash, 1974. Scale bars (mm): Figs 1–3 = 0.2.