Tachypompilus ferrugineus bicolor ( Banks, 1938 )

Waichert, Cecilia, Rodriguez, Juanita, Von Dohlen, Carol D. & Pitts, James P., 2012, Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Dominican Republic, Zootaxa 3353 (1), pp. 1-47 : 35

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3353.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5253455
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A9185567-9B25-FF86-92FE-FF724C191FD6
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Tachypompilus ferrugineus bicolor ( Banks, 1938 )
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Tachypompilus ferrugineus bicolor ( Banks, 1938) View in CoL

Lophopompilus bicolor Banks, 1938 View in CoL , Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural , v. 12, p. 248–249 [Holotype: ♀, HAITI, Desbarriere (MCZC)].

Diagnosis. This subspecies can be recognized by the following unique combination of characters: the mesosoma is black; the metasoma and legs are red ( Fig. 7K View FIGURE 7 ); the postnotum is a narrow transverse band; the front bears a blunt tubercle between and slightly above the antennal sockets ( Fig. 1I View FIGURE 1 ); the Cu vein is distinctly deflected downward at the base forming a posterior pocket in the second medial cell; and the fore wing has three radial sectors.

Material examined. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 1 ♂, Peravia, Arroyo Canas , 650 m, 8.VIII.1980, malaise trap, CMNH –370,228; 1 ♀, Pedernales, 26 km N Cabo Rojo , 18–06N, 71–38W, 730 m, wet deciduous forest, intercept trap, J. Rawlins, C. Young, CMNH –370,576.

Distribution. Haiti ( Evans 1966), Cuba ( Genaro 1995), and Dominican Republic.

Host. Unknown.

Remarks. Pompilus flavus and P. ferrugineus were recorded by Gundlach (1888) from Puerto Rico. According to Snelling and Torres (2004) there are no records of this species in the Caribbean. This is the first time the reference to the original species description has been mentioned.