Acrotaphus wiltii ( Cresson, 1870 )

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 : 157

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scientific name	Acrotaphus wiltii ( Cresson, 1870 )
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4. Acrotaphus wiltii ( Cresson, 1870) View in CoL

Epimecis wiltii Cresson 1870: 143 [♀ (ANSP), USA, Ohio].

References. Shannon 1913 [ Epimecis View in CoL ; USA (Virginia); host]. Morley 1914: 8 [ Epimecis View in CoL ; misdet. (see Gauld 1991: 333)]. Cresson 1916: 63 [lectotype ♀ (ANSP) designated; USA, Ohio]. Cushman 1920: 17 [ Hymenoepimecis View in CoL ; USA (many localities); host], Plate 2. Townes 1944: 55 [catalogue; Hymenoepimecis View in CoL ]. Townes & Townes 1960: 257 [ Acrotaphus View in CoL (comb.); description; Canada, eastern and southeastern USA (to Florida and Texas)]. Gordh 1971 [ USA (Kansas); host]. Carlson 1979: 337 [catalogue]. Brambila & Porter 2005: 152 [ USA; host]. Pádua et al. 2020a: 56 [description; USA].

Remarks. Record of this species by Morley (1914: 8) actually belongs to A. tibialis ( Gauld 1991: 333) .

Material examined. MEXICO. Veracruz: 1 ♀ ( UNAM) NE of San Andrés Tuxtla, Biological Station Los Tuxtlas , 26.vi.1989, coll. M.A. Perez.

Distribution. Canada, USA (from Florida north to Quebec and west to Manitoba, Kansas and Texas), Mexico (Veracruz). First record from Mexico.

Biology. Reared from the orb weaving spider Neoscona arabesca (Walckenaer) (= Epeira trivittata Keyserling ) ( Araneidae ) in Virginia and Kansas, USA ( Shannon 1913; Gordh 1971; Brambila & Porter 2005). Some specimens were collected at light.