Preseucoela heratyi Buffington, 2004

Buffington, Matthew L., 2004, The description of Preseucoela Buffington, new genus, with notes on the status of Nearctic species of Agrostocynips Diaz (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae), Zootaxa 408 (1), pp. 1-11 : 6-7

Preseucoela heratyi Buffington , n. sp.

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Description. As in description of genus except as follows: Pronotum: Pronotal struts with no more than one strut per side. Mesoscutum: Mesoscutal keel absent. Scutellum: Scutellar plate raised high above scutellar disk (Fig. 5, arrow); posterior margin of scutellar disk broadly rounded (Fig. 5). Differs from P. imallshookupis by lacking a mesoscutal keel; differs from P. pallidipes by having fewer (occasionally absent) pronotal struts on each side and possessing a scutellar plate raised high above the scutellar disk.

Etymology. Named in honor of J.M. Heraty.

Distribution. Central and South America; the Caribbean.

Material Examined. Holotype female: VENEZUELA. Tabay, 2,200m 30.IV.1981, H.K. Townes; deposited in the AEI. Paratypes, 1 female: VENEZUELA. Tabay , 2,200m 30.IV.1981, H.K. Townes; 1 female: BOLIVIA. Yungas, 5km N LaPaz 16°30’S 68°09’W, 2200m, 27.I.1973, Helava.

Additional Material: BOLIVIA. Comarapa, 1800m, 14.XII.1984, L. Peña; Unduavi­ Corioco , 1800–2200m, 24.XI.1984, L. Peña; Padcaya­Camargo, 3200m, 27.XII.1984, L. Peña . ECUADOR. Pich., Tandapi , 1500m, 8.II.1983, L. Huggert ( 1 female) ; UNITED STATES. New Mexico, Hildago Co. Gray Ranch, 0.5mi S of Culberson Camp, Indian Creek , riparian, N 31°22.48’ W 108°36.43’ 5–6.VIII.2002, YPT, J. George ( 1 male) . VENEZUELA. Yacambú , 1200m, 7. V.1981, H.K. Townes ( 1 female) . WEST INDIES. Grenada, St. Georges , 0–200m, August 1976, N.L.H. Krauss. ( 1 female) .

Biology. Unknown.