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

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19. Neotheronia rosai Gauld, 1991 View in CoL

( Figs 38, 39 View FIGURES 37–41 )

Neotheronia rosai Gauld 1991: 417 View in CoL [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. GoogleMaps 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.

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.

Gauld, I. D., Menjivar, R., Monro, A. & Gonzalez, M. O. (2002) Guia para la identificacion de los Pimplinae de cafetales bajo sombra de El Salvador (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Natural History Museum, London, 76 pp. [printed in El Salvador]

Gonzalez-Moreno, A. & Bordera, S. (2012) The Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan, Mexico. Zootaxa, 3230 (1), 1 - 51. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3230.1.1

Ruiz-Cancino, E., Kasparyan, D. R., Coronado-Blanco, J. M., Myartseva, S. N., Trjapitzin, V. A., Hernandez-Aguilar, S. G. & Garcia-Jimenez, J. (2010) Himenopteros de la Reserva El Cielo , Tamaulipas, Mexico. Dugesiana, 17 (1), 53 - 71.

Tanque, R. L., Kumagai, A. F. & Souza, B. (2010) Novos registros de especies de Pimplinae e Rhyssinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) no Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Zoociencias, 12 (1), 103 - 106.

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.

Abbreviations

FSCA	Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology
ZISP	Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
UNAM	Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
AEIC	American Entomological Institute