Neotheronia donovani Gauld, 1991

Khalaim, Andrey I. & Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique, 2021, Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: genera Neotheronia Krieger, Nomosphecia Gupta and Xanthopimpla Saussure, Zootaxa 4950 (3), pp. 401-440 : 411

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7. Neotheronia donovani Gauld, 1991 View in CoL

Neotheronia donovani Gauld 1991: 437 View in CoL [holotype ♀ (INBio), Costa Rica, Guanacaste Prov., Guanacaste National Park, Sector Santa Rosa , 300 m, viii–xii.1984, coll. D. Janzen (examined); ♀ ♂].

References. Gauld et al. 1998: 132 [in key; Costa Rica]. Kumagai & Graf 2002: 450 [? Brazil (Paraná)]. Kumagai 2002: 192 [ Brazil (Minas Gerais)].

Material examined. MEXICO. Tamaulipas: 1 ♀ (UAT) NW of Cd. Victoria, Los Troncones (park), 27.ii.2009, coll. A.I. Khalaim. Jalisco: 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (UAT) La Huerta, Biological Station Chamela, 600 m, Malaise trap, 15– 20.vii.1999, coll. M.A. Sarmiento. Veracruz: 2 ♀ (UAT, ZISP) SW of Xalapa, park near Institute de Ecología , 19°30.768’N, 96°56.349’W, 1260 m, 12–14.iv.2014, coll. A.I. Khalaim. GoogleMaps COSTA RICA. 1 ♀ (UAT) Guanacaste Prov., Guanacaste National Park, Maritza Biological Station, Volcán Orosí , 560 m, vi.1988, coll. I.D. Gauld & P. Mitchell (det. I.D. Gauld) .

Distribution. Mexico (Tamaulipas, Jalisco, Veracruz), Costa Rica,?Brazil. First record from Mexico.

Biology. Reared from Eunica monima modesta (Bates) ( Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae ) on Bursera simaruba (L.) ( Burseraceae ) in Costa Rica; fully grown the parasitoid larva spins a loose coarsely woven cocoon within the host pupa ( Gauld 1991). Probably parasitize in pupae of Syssphinx molina (Cramer) ( Lepidoptera : Saturniidae ) ( Gauld 1991).

References

Gauld, I. D. (1991) The Ichneumonidae of Costa Rica, 1. Introduction, keys to subfamilies, and keys to the species of the lower Pimpliform subfamilies Rhyssinae, Poemeniinae, Acaenitinae and Cylloceriinae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 47, 1 - 589.

Gauld, I. D., Ugalde-Gomez, J. A. & Hanson, P. (1998) Guia de los Pimplinae de Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Revista de Biologia Tropical, 46 (Supplement 1), 1 - 189.

Kumagai, A. F. & Graf, V. (2002) Biodiversidade de Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) e monitoramento das especies de Pimplinae e Poemeniinae do Capao da Imbuia, Curitiba, Parana. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 19 (2), 445 - 452. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / S 0101 - 81752002000200010