Eruga rufa Townes, 1960

Khalaim, Andrey I., Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique & Coronado-Blanco, Juana María, 2024, Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: Polysphincta genus-group, Zootaxa 5458 (2), pp. 151-196 : 164-165

3. Eruga rufa Townes, 1960

( Figs 27–30 )

Eruga rufa Townes in Townes & Townes 1960: 240 [holotype ♀ (USNM), USA, Maryland, Bethesda , reared 27.vi.1945 from parasitized spider collected 13.vi.1945, coll. J.M. Davis; ♀ ♂, USA (South Carolina)].

References. Carlson 1979: 336 [catalogue]. Gauld & Dubois 2006: 548 [notes on biology].

Variation. The specimen from Jalisco corresponds well with the original description ( Townes & Townes 1960) but has propodeum black, contrasting with remainder brownish orange mesosoma ( Figs 28, 29 ), and hind tibia white with conspicuous subbasal and apical black bands ( Fig. 30 ).

Material examined. MEXICO. Jalisco: 1 ♀ ( UAT) S of Tequila, north slope of Mt. Tequila , 1500 m, 23.ix.2011, coll. E. Ruíz-Cancino.

Distribution. East USA (Maryland, South Carolina), Mexico (Jalisco). First record from Mexico.

Biology. The holotype was reared from a cocoon found in the web of Frontinella communis (Hentz) ( Linyphiidae ) in USA ( Townes & Townes 1960; Gauld & Dubois 2006).

Figures

FIGURES 27–30. Eruga rufa, ♀ (Jalisco): 27—habitus, lateral; 28—mesosoma, dorso-lateral; 29—posterior part of mesosoma, lateral; 30—hind leg, lateral.