Pristomerus spinator ( Fabricius, 1804 )

Moreno, Alejandra González - & Bordera, Santiago, 2012, The Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatán, Mexico, Zootaxa 3230, pp. 1-51 : 8-9

Pristomerus spinator ( Fabricius, 1804)

Distribution: Nearctic, Neotropical and Oceanic ( Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, United States).

Hosts: Achyra rantalis Guenée, 1854 ; Diaphania hyalinata Linneo, 1767 ; Diaphania nitidalis Cramer, 1782 ; Loxostege sticticalis Linnaeus 1761 ; Ostrinia nubilalis Hübner, 1796 ; Pyrausta orphisalis Walker, 1859 ( Lepidoptera : Crambidae ). Keiferia lycopersicella Walsingham, 1897 ; Phthorimaea operculella Zeller, 1873 ; Stegasta bosqueella Chambers, 1875 ( Lepidoptera : Gelechiidae ). Colias eurytheme Boisduval, 1852 ( Lepidoptera : Pieridae ). Acrobasis vaccinii Riley, 1884 ; Ancylosis ; Acrobasis caryivorella Ragonot, 1887 ; Elasmopalpus lignosellus Zeller, 1848 ; Homoeosoma electellum Hulst, 1887 ( Lepidoptera : Pyralidae ). Agrotis subterranea Fabricius, 1794 ; Helicoverpa armigera Hübner, 1808 ; Helicoverpa zea Boddie, 1850 ; Heliothis virescens Fabricius, 1977 ; Hypena scabra Fabricius, 1798 ; Neogalea sunia Guenée, 1852 ; Schinia bina Guenée, 1852 ; Spodoptera exigua Hübner, 1803 ; Spodoptera frugiperda Smith, 1797 ; Spodoptera ornithogalli Guenée, 1852 ; Spodoptera praefica Grote, 1875 ; Trichoplusia ni Hübner, 1802 ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ). Ancylis comptana Frölich, 1828 ( Lepidoptera : Tortricidae ).

Habitat: Savannah.

Phenology: July, August.

Studied material: MEXICO. Yucatán State, Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Ría Lagartos Station, Post 024: 08–22. VII.2009, 3 Ƥ (CER– UADY); 22.VII–06. VIII.2009, 2 Ƥ ( CEUA).