Epirhyssa mexicana Cresson, 1874

Khalaim, A. I., Ruíz-Cancino, E. & Coronado-Blanco, J. M., 2021, Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: subfamily Rhyssinae, Russian Entomological Journal 30 (3), pp. 305-313 : 309-310

2. Epirhyssa mexicana Cresson, 1874

Figs 1–8 .

Epirhyssa mexicana Cresson, 1874: 394 [females (ANSP), Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba, Córdoba ].

= Epirhyssa dietrichi Townes in Townes and Townes, 1960 [ Gauld, 1991: 119].

= Epirhyssa mexicana var. immaculata Morley, 1913 [ Porter, 1978: 393].

REFERENCES. Cameron, 1886: 262 [ Mexico (Veracruz), Guatemala)]; Morley, 1913: 4 [ E. mexicana var. immaculata ; Mexico (Guerrero)], 8 [ E. mexicana ; Mexico (Guerrero)]; Cresson, 1916: 42 [lectotype female (ANSP) designated; Mexico, Veracruz]; Rohwer, 1920: 422 [key]; Townes, Townes, 1966: 38 [catalogue; Mexico]; Porter, 1978: 390 [ E. dietrichi ; description; USA (Arizona), Mexico (Morelos), Costa Rica], 392 [description; Epirhyssa mexicana var. immaculata (syn.); Mexico (Nuevo León, Sinaloa, Veracruz, Guerrero, Chiapas), Guatemala]; Carlson, 1979: 356 [ E. dietrichi ; catalogue]; Ruíz-Cancino, Tejada, 1986: 39 [ Mexico (Tamaulipas)]; Maes, 1989: 33 [catalogue; Nicaragua]; Gauld, 1991: 119 [description; Mexico (Veracruz, Guerrero), Guatemala, Costa Rica]; Ruíz-Cancino et al., 2002: 646 [checklist; Mexico]; Quicke et al., 2009: 1415 [ Belize]; Ruíz-Cancino et al., 2010: 65 [checklist; Mexico (Tamaulipas)].

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Mexico, Tamaulipas: Cd. Victoria, 3–4. VI .1981 , coll. E. Ruíz C., 3 ♀♀, 1 ♂ ( UAT). NW of Cd. Victoria, Los Troncones (park), coll. A.I. Khalaim: 18.III.2008, 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂ ( UAT) ; 25.IV.2009, 1 ♀ ( ZISP) ; 13.X.2012, 1 ♀ ( ZISP). Same data, but yellow pan trap , 18.III–13.IV.2008, 1 ♀ ( UAT). 15 km SSW of Cd. Victoria, El Madroño , 23.XII.1987, coll. E. Ruíz C., 1 ♀ ( UAT). Cd. Victoria, Cañón del Novillo , 6.X–17.XI.1984, coll. F. Lopez V ., 6 ♀♀, 10 ♂♂ ( UAT). Same locality , 15. VI .1985 , coll. A. del Valle, 1 ♂ ( UAT). Same locality, 5.VIII.1985, coll. H. Serna T ., 1 ♂ ( UAT). Gómez Farías , 350 m , 17.IX.2016, col. A.I. Khalaim, 1 ♀ ( UAT). Gómez Farías , 16.III.1989, coll. R . Thompson F., 1 ♀ ( UAT). Gómez Farías, Altas Cimas , Malaise trap , 29. V –12. VI .1999 , coll. S. Hernández A., 1 ♀, 1 ♂ ( UAT). Gómez Farías, Los Cedros , Malaise trap, coll. S. Hernández A. (all in UAT): 6–13.III.1999, 1 ♀; 17.IV–1. V.1999, 3 ♂♂; 15–29. V .1999 , 2 ♂♂. San Luís Potosí: El Bonito, 7 mi. S of Ciudad Valles , 300 ft. (= 90 m), 19.XII.1970, coll. P.H. & M. Arnaud, 1 ♀ ( CAS). Yucatán: Sudzal Chico “ SMSP ” , XI.1999, coll. Hugo Delfin, 2 ♂♂ ( UAT) .

DISTRIBUTION. USA (Arizona), Mexico (Sinaloa, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luís Potosí, Veracruz, Morelos, Guerrero, Yucatán, Chiapas), Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica .

BIOLOGY. In Costa Rica, females of E. mexicana were observed probing standing dead trees infested with cerambycid larvae [ Gauld, 1991: 114]. Maes [1989] in his catalogue of Nicaraguan insects mentioned E. mexicana as a parasitoid of coleopterous larvae in wood.

Figures

Figs 1–8. Epirhyssa mexicana, female: 1 — head with antennae, dorso-lateral view; 2 — head, front view; 3 — clypeus, front view; 4 — head, mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral view; 5 — mesoscutum and scutellum, dorso-lateral view; 6 — apex of fore wing; 7 — apex of metasoma, lateral view; 8 — apex of metasoma, dorsal view. Рис. 1–8. Epirhyssa mexicana, самка: 1 — голова с антеннами, сверху и сбоку; 2 — голова, спереди; 3 — клипеус, спереди; 4 — голова, меЗосома и основание метасомы, сбоку; 5 — меЗоскутум и скутеллум, сверху и сбоку; 6 — верШина переднего крыла; 7 — верШина метасомы, сбоку; 8 — верШина метасомы, сверху.