Megarhyssa verae Kasparyan, 2002

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 : 312

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15298/rusentj.30.3.08
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scientific name	Megarhyssa verae Kasparyan, 2002
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3. Megarhyssa verae Kasparyan, 2002 View in CoL

Megarhyssa verae Kasparyan, 2002: 305 View in CoL [holotype female (USNM), Mexico, State of Mexico, 6 km W of lake Zempoala, 2.X.1991, coll. A.L. Norrbom].

COMPARISON. Megarhyssa verae View in CoL resembles the Nearctic M. nortoni (Cresson, 1864) View in CoL in colour pattern of wings and metasoma, but differs from this and other Nearctic species of Megarhyssa View in CoL by hind femur and tibia entirely black dorsally, and by unusual combination of yellow markings on the mesopleuron.

DISTRIBUTION. Mexico (State of Mexico / Morelos bor- der).

Acknowledgements. This work was supported by the PRODEP project “Taxonomical and biological studies of pests and natural enemies in Mexico ”. The work of the senior author was also supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 19-04-00027) and performed in the framework of the Russian State Research Project no. ÀÀÀÀ–À19–119020690101–6.

Competing interests. The authors declare no competing interests.