Neotheronia rosai 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 : 420-421

19. Neotheronia rosai Gauld, 1991

( Figs 38, 39 )

Neotheronia rosai Gauld 1991: 417 [holotype ♀ (INBio), Costa Rica, Guanacaste Prov., Guanacaste National Park, Sector Santa Rosa , 300 m, v.1984, coll. D. Janzen & W. Hallwachs (examined); ♀ ♂].

References. Gauld et al. 1998: 129 [in key; Costa Rica]. Gauld et al. 2002: 74 [ El Salvador]. Tanque et al. 2010 [ Brazil (Minas Gerais)]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2010: 66 [checklist; Mexico (Tamaulipas)]. González-Moreno & Bordera 2012: 36 [ Mexico (Yucatán)].

Material examined. MEXICO. Tamaulipas: 1 ♀, 3 ♂ (UAT) Gómez Farías, Alta Cimas , Malaise trap, 12–26.vi, 10–17.vii.1999, coll. S. Hernández A. 2 ♀ (UAT) same locality and trap, 900 m, 4– 12.viii and 21–28.x.2000, coll. D.R. Kasparyan. Ocampo, Ejido El Bejuco , 900 m, Malaise trap, coll. E. Ruíz-Cancino et al. (all in UAT): 29.iv–14.v.2016 (1 ♀), 28.v–11.vi.2016 (3 ♂), 9–29.vii.2016 (1 ♂), 13–26.viii.2016 (1 ♀), 10–28.x.2016 (1 ♂). Llera, 44 km S of Cd. Victoria , matorral, Malaise trap, coll. D.R. Kasparyan (all in UAT) : 19–26.viii.2000 (1 ♀), 16– 23.ix.2000 (1 ♀), 7–14.x.2000 (1 ♂), 28.x–25.xi.2000 (1 ♀, 3 ♂). 1 ♂ ( FSCA) 55 km S of Cd. Victoria , 22.vi.1981, coll. B. Miller & C. Porter. San Luis Potosí: 1 ♀ (UAT) N of Xilitla, Las Pozas , 21°23.684’N, 98°59.566’W, 570 m, 19.xi.2011, coll. A.I. Khalaim. 1 ♀ ( FSCA) Ciudad Valles, Hotel Covadonga , 2–3.vi.1977, coll. C. Porter & A. Cerbone. Veracruz: San Andrés, Biological Station Los Tuxlas, 155–250 m, selva alta perennifolia, Malaise trap, coll. M. Madora : 1 ♂ ( ZISP) 24.vii–16.viii.2013 , 2 ♀ ( UNAM) 17.ix–15.x.2013 , 1 ♂ ( UNAM) 15.x–16.xi.2013 , 2 ♂ ( UNAM) 16.iii–16.iv.2014 , 1 ♂ ( UNAM) 1–14.v.2014 . 1 ♀ ( FSCA) Fortin de las Flores — Sumidero , planta de la cerveceria, 2500–3000 ft. (= 760–915 m), Malaise trap, 14.vii.1968, coll. H.V. Weems, Jr. Morelos : 1 ♂ (UAT) Coatlán del Río , 10.iv.1991, coll. G. Peña. Yucatán. 1 ♀ (UAT) Sudzal Chico “SMSP”, ii.1999, coll. Hugo Delfin. 1 ♂ (UAT) Corral “SMSC”, same date and collector. GUATEMALA . 1 ♀, 2 ♂ ( AEIC) Zacapa, 2 km N of Santa Cruz , xi.1986, coll. M. Sharkey. COSTA RICA. 1 ♀ (UAT) Puntarenas Prov., 26 km W of highway on road to Rincon de la Osa , 100 m, ii.1990, coll. I.D. Gauld (det. I.D. Gauld) .

Variation. Mexican specimens have flagellum, in dorsal view, basally and apically extensively black, medially brownish. One male from Alta Cimas (12–19.vi) is paler than other Mexican specimens, and has a scutellum entirely yellow, without black marking posteriorly. Hind leg with coxa usually only slightly brownish marked mediodorsally.

Distribution. Mexico (Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, Morelos, Yucatán), Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Brazil. First record from Guatemala.

Figures

FIGURES 37–41. Neotheronia mellosa, ♀: 37—head, dorso-postero-lateral. Neotheronia rosai, ♀: 38—head, antero-ventral; 39—mesosoma, dorsal. Neotheronia tacubaya, ♀: 40—propodeum, dorsal. Neotheronia tequila sp. nov., ♀: 41—head, front.