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. text Zootaxa 2021 2021-03-31 4950 3 401 440 journal article 7345 10.11646/zootaxa.4950.3.1 d0a83fae-9f06-4fc0-94b0-ad13a9e9bf34 1175-5326 4649850 E659DFD5-AE59-4271-87B7-64C06D6AB767 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 ).