Nanium nogueri Gauld, 1997

Reshchikov, Alexey, Sääksjärvi, Ilari E. & Pollet, Marc, 2018, Review of the New World genus Nanium Townes, 1967 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ctenopelmatinae), with two new species from the Neotropical region, European Journal of Taxonomy 459, pp. 1-18 : 16

Nanium nogueri Gauld, 1997

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Diagnosis

This species can be distinguished from all its congeners by the combination of the following characters: face obviously broader than high with inner margins of eyes slightly divergent ventrally ( Fig. 6A ); mesoscutum highly polished, rather smooth; metasoma with T1 1.5 × as long as broad posteriorly ( Fig. 6B ); metasoma uniformly black; hind femur and tibia extensively yellowish ( Fig. 6C ).

Material examined

Holotype COSTA RICA: 1 ♀, San José Prov., Cerro de la Muerte, 6 km N of San Gerardo de Dota , 2800 m a.s.l., Jul. 1993, Hanson and Godoy leg. (BMNH).

Distribution

Costa Rica (San José Province).

Figures

Fig. 6. Nanium nogueri Gauld, 1997, holotype, ♀ (BMNH). A. Face. B. Metasoma (dorsal view). C. Habitus.

Fig. 8. Distribution and habitats of Nanium. A. Distribution of Nanium species (blue – N. atitlanensis Reshchikov & Sääksjärvi sp. nov.; yellow – N. capitatum Townes, 1967; white – Costa Rican species (N. huberthi Gauld, 1997, N. mairenai Gauld, 1997, N. nogueri Gauld, 1997, N. oriasi Gauld, 1997); red – N. medianum Reshchikov & Sääksjärvi sp. nov.). B. Malaise trap and type locality of N. medianum sp. nov. on the trail Bosque Nublado, Cajanuma, Podocarpus Parque Nacional, Ecuador. C. Trail Oso de Anteojos near the type locality of N. medianum sp. nov., Podocarpus Parque Nacional, Ecuador, where the paratype specimen was captured in a yellow pan trap.