Cestrus tenuiventris (Cresson, 1874)

Khalaim, Andrey I., Kasparyan, Dmitri R. & López-Ortega, Maurilio, 2018, New records and descriptions of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) from Mexico, Zootaxa 4486 (1), pp. 1-30 : 7

17. Cestrus tenuiventris (Cresson, 1874)

( Figs 3–5 )

References. Kasparyan & Ruíz-Cancino 2005: 170.

Diagnosis. Female (first record). Colour pattern is similar to that of male ( Fig. 3 ). Differs from females of other species in this genus by colour pattern of propodeum ( Fig. 4 ) and hind coxa ( Fig. 3 ). Similar to C. arcuatotius Kasparyan & Ruíz-Cancino in structure of the ovipositor, but in C. tenuiventris ovipositor apex with dorsal lobe of lover valve is shorter and sculptured area is wider and extending to basal teeth ( Fig. 5 ).

Material examined. Veracruz: 1 ♀ ( UNAM) Xalapa , N 19°30′, W 96°55′, 1279 m, Malaise trap, 21.III– 8.IV.2015, coll. M. López-Ortega.

Distribution. Mexico (San Luis Potosí, Veracruz).

Figures

FIGURES 1–5. Ateleute grossa, female: 1—habitus, lateral; 2—wings. Cestrus tenuiventris, female: 3—habitus, lateral; 4— propodeum, dorsolateral; 5—apex of ovipositor, lateral.