Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: genera Neotheronia Krieger, Nomosphecia Gupta and Xanthopimpla Saussure
Author
Khalaim, Andrey I.
Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico. & Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Author
Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique
Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico.
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16.
Neotheronia montezuma
(
Cresson, 1874
)
(
Figs 27–30
)
Theronia montezuma
Cresson 1874: 395
[
♀
♂
(ANSP),
Mexico
,
Veracruz
,
Orizaba Córdoba
,
Mirador
].
References.
Cameron 1886: 264
[
Theronia
; “common Mexican species”,
Mexico
(
Veracruz
)].
Krieger 1905: 305
[
Mexico
].
Morley 1914: 56
[remarks; “the commonest Mexican species”,
Mexico
(
Veracruz
,
Guerrero
,
Tabasco
,
Yucatán
, etc.)].
Cresson 1916: 44
[
lectotype
♀
(ANSP) designated,
Mexico
,
Veracruz
].
Townes & Townes 1966: 35
[
Theronia
(
Neotheronia
)
; catalogue;
Mexico
].
Gauld 1991: 429
[description;
Mexico
(
Veracruz
,
Guerrero
,
Tabasco
,
Yucatán
),
Costa Rica
,
Venezuela
].
Gauld
et al
. 1998: 131
[in key;
Costa Rica
; host].
Hernández-Aguilar
et al
. 1999: 36
[
Mexico
(
Tamaulipas
)]. Kumagai 2002: 192 [
Brazil
(
Minas Gerais
)].
Ruíz-Cancino
et al
. 2002: 645
[checklist;
Mexico
].
Gauld
et al
. 2002: 73
[
El Salvador
].
Hernández-Aguilar
et al
. 2005: 470
[
Mexico
(
Tamaulipas
)].
Ruíz-Cancino
et al
. 2010: 66
[checklist;
Mexico
(
Tamaulipas
)].
González-Moreno & Bordera 2012: 36
[
Mexico
(
Yucatán
)].
Material examined.
MEXICO
.
Tamaulipas
:
1 ♀
(UAT)
San Carlos
,
Rincón Murillo
,
Selva Baja
,
20.x.1995
, coll.
S. Hernández
A. & C.A. Covarrubias D.
1 ♂
(UAT)
Llera
,
44 km
S of Cd. Victoria
, matorral,
Malaise trap
,
21–28.x.2000
, coll.
D.R. Kasparyan.
1 ♀
(UAT)
Gómez Farías
,
Alta Cimas
,
12.x.1990
, coll.
S. Varela
F.
1 ♂
(UAT) same locality,
Malaise trap
,
19–26.vi.1999
, coll.
S. Hernández
A.
1 ♀
(UAT) same locality and trap,
900 m
,
9–16.ix.2000
, coll.
D.R. Kasparyan.
1 ♂
(UAT)
Cd
. Victoria—
Soto La Marina
, km 68,
11.v.1985
, coll.
E. Ruíz C. Ocampo
,
Ejido El Bejuco
,
900 m
, Malaise trap, 2016, coll. E. Ruíz-Cancino
et al
. (all in UAT): 17–28.iv (
1 ♀
), 29.iv–14.v (
1 ♀
), 9–29.vii (
1 ♀
,
2 ♂
), 30.vii–12.viii (
1 ♂
).
San Luis Potosí
:
1 ♀
(
FSCA
)
12 km
S of Valles
,
Ruta
85,
Hotel Covadonga
,
27–29.vi.1981
, coll.
C. Porter
&
L.A. Stange.
1 ♀
(
AEIC
)
24 km
“W.N.”
Morelos
,
El Naranjo
,
9.x.1962
, coll.
H. & M. Townes
, “HOMOTYPE
Theronia montezuma
’63 Cr. H. K. Townes”
.
Jalisco
:
1 ♂
(
UNAM
)
Biological Station
Chamela, camino
Antiquo
,
19.50476°N
,
105.0367°W
,
59 m
, dry forest,
22.xi.2009
, coll.
A. Zaldívar
R.
Veracruz
:
1 ♀
(UAT)
SW of Xalapa
, park near
Institute de Ecología
,
19°30.768’N
,
96°56.349’W
,
1260 m
,
17–18.ii.2009
, coll.
A.I. Khalaim.
1 ♀
(
ZISP
) same data, but
12–14.iv.2014
.
1 ♀
(
EMEC
)
Fortin
de las
Flores
,
1010 m
,
7–12.vii.1974
, coll.
J.A. Chemsak
,
E. & J. Linsley
,
J. Powell.
1 ♀
(
UNAM
)
Biological Station
Los Tuxtlas,
20–22.viii.1988
, coll.
C. Beautelspocher.
1 ♂
(
EMEC
) same data, but
1–9.vii.1988
, coll.
J.A. Chemsak.
Morelos
:
3 ♀
(UAT),
1 ♂
(
CIUM
) N of
Cuernavaca
,
Chamilpa
,
13.ii.1991
, coll.
G. Peña.
1 ♀
(UAT)
Tepoztlán
,
18°59’51”N
,
99°05’55”W
,
1490 m
,
5.iii.2010
, coll.
A.E. Humala.
Oaxaca
:
1 ♀
(
IPN
)
Cuilapam
,
Nogal
,
Malaise trap
,
12.iii.2005
, coll.
J.M. Maldonado.
1 ♀
(
EMEC
)
Temascal
,
19.i.1964
, coll.
K.H. Janzen.
1 ♀
(
TAMU
)
5 mi.
S of
Candelaria Loxicha
,
18–19.vii.1974
, coll.
Clark
,
Murray
,
Ashe
&
Schaffner.
1 ♀
(
TAMU
)
2 mi.
N of
Candelaria Loxicha
,
17.vii.1985
, coll.
Jones
&
Schaffner.
COSTA RICA
.
1 ♀
(UAT)
Guanacaste Prov.
,
Santa Rosa National Park
,
300 m
,
iii–v.1984
, coll.
I.D. Gauld
(det.
I.D. Gauld
)
.
Distribution.
Mexico
(
Tamaulipas
,
San Luis Potosí
,
Jalisco
,
Veracruz
,
Guerrero
,
Morelos
,
Oaxaca
,
Tabasco
,
Yucatán
),
El Salvador
,
Costa Rica
,
Venezuela
,
Brazil
(
Minas Gerais
).
Biology.
Reared from cocoon of
Acharia
Hübner
(
Lepidoptera
:
Limacodidae
) in
Costa Rica
(
Gauld
et al
. 1998
). One male from
Venezuela
probably was reared from
Sibene
sp. (
Limacodidae
), a common pest of cultivated palms (
Gauld 1991
).