Hymenoepimecis tedfordi Gauld, 1991

Padua, Diego Galvao de, Saeaeksjaervi, Ilari Eerikki, Monteiro, Ricardo Ferreira & Oliveira, Marcio Luiz de, 2020, Seven new species of spider-attacking Hymenoepimecis Viereck (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) from Ecuador, French Guiana, and Peru, with an identification key to the world species, ZooKeys 935, pp. 57-92 : 57

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scientific name	Hymenoepimecis tedfordi Gauld, 1991
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Hymenoepimecis tedfordi Gauld, 1991 Figures 14 View Figures 1–15 , 29 View Figures 16–30 , 44 View Figures 31–45 , 59 View Figures 46–60 , 74 View Figures 72–75 , 89 View Figures 76–90

Hymenoepimecis tedfordi Gauld, 1991: 340.

Diagnosis.

This species can be distinguished from all other Hymenoepimecis by the combination of the following characters: 1) fore wing hyaline; 2) mesosoma orange with propleuron, pronotum, metapleuron ventrally, and propodeum black (metapleuron entirely orange in Nicaraguan specimens); 3) epicnemial carina present ventrally, sometimes visible laterally; 4) metasoma entirely blackish; 5) female with ovipositor 1.0-1.1 times as long as hind tibia.

Distribution.

Costa Rica and Nicaragua* (Fig. 108 View Figures 107–112 ).

Biological notes.

Parasitoid of Leucauge mariana (Keyserling, 1881) ( Araneae : Tetragnathidae ) (Gauld, 1991; Eberhard, 2013).

Material examined.

Nicaragua, Jinotega, RN Cerro Kilambé, 1310 ± 10 m., 13.56541/-85.69785, Pasture/cloud, forest edge, 22-26.v.2011, Malaise trap (without collector), LLAMA#Ma-D-05-1-01 [sic], 1♀, ZMUT.