Neotheronia montezuma ( Cresson, 1874 )

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 : 418

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16. Neotheronia montezuma ( Cresson, 1874) View in CoL

( Figs 27–30 View FIGURES 25–30 )

Theronia montezuma Cresson 1874: 395 [♀ ♂ (ANSP), Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba Córdoba, Mirador ].

References. Cameron 1886: 264 [ Theronia View in CoL ; “common Mexican species”, Mexico (Veracruz)]. Krieger 1905: 305 [ Mexico]. Morley 1914: 56 [remarks; “the commonest Mexican species”, Mexico (Veracruz, Guerrero, Tabasco, Yucatán, etc.)]. Cresson 1916: 44 [lectotype ♀ (ANSP) designated, Mexico, Veracruz]. Townes & Townes 1966: 35 [ Theronia (Neotheronia) ; catalogue; Mexico]. Gauld 1991: 429 [description; Mexico (Veracruz, Guerrero, Tabasco, Yucatán), Costa Rica, Venezuela]. Gauld et al. 1998: 131 [in key; Costa Rica; host]. Hernández-Aguilar et al. 1999: 36 [ Mexico (Tamaulipas)]. Kumagai 2002: 192 [ Brazil (Minas Gerais)]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2002: 645 [checklist; Mexico]. Gauld et al. 2002: 73 [ El Salvador]. Hernández-Aguilar et al. 2005: 470 [ Mexico (Tamaulipas)]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2010: 66 [checklist; Mexico (Tamaulipas)]. González-Moreno & Bordera 2012: 36 [ Mexico (Yucatán)].

Material examined. MEXICO. Tamaulipas: 1 ♀ (UAT) San Carlos, Rincón Murillo, Selva Baja , 20.x.1995, coll. S. Hernández A. & C.A. Covarrubias D. 1 ♂ (UAT) Llera , 44 km S of Cd. Victoria, matorral, Malaise trap, 21–28.x.2000, coll. D.R. Kasparyan. 1 ♀ (UAT) Gómez Farías, Alta Cimas , 12.x.1990, coll. S. Varela F. 1 ♂ (UAT) same locality, Malaise trap, 19–26.vi.1999, coll. S. Hernández A. 1 ♀ (UAT) same locality and trap, 900 m, 9–16.ix.2000, coll. D.R. Kasparyan. 1 ♂ (UAT) Cd. Victoria— Soto La Marina , km 68, 11.v.1985, coll. E. Ruíz C. Ocampo, Ejido El Bejuco, 900 m, Malaise trap, 2016, coll. E. Ruíz-Cancino et al. (all in UAT): 17–28.iv (1 ♀), 29.iv–14.v (1 ♀), 9–29.vii (1 ♀, 2 ♂), 30.vii–12.viii (1 ♂). San Luis Potosí : 1 ♀ ( FSCA) 12 km S of Valles, Ruta 85, Hotel Covadonga , 27–29.vi.1981, coll. C. Porter & L.A. Stange. 1 ♀ ( AEIC) 24 km “W.N.” Morelos, El Naranjo, 9.x.1962, coll. H. & M. Townes, “HOMOTYPE Theronia montezuma ’63 Cr. H. K. Townes” . Jalisco: 1 ♂ ( UNAM) Biological Station Chamela, camino Antiquo , 19.50476°N, 105.0367°W, 59 m, dry forest, 22.xi.2009, coll. A. Zaldívar GoogleMaps R. Veracruz: 1 ♀ (UAT) SW of Xalapa, park near Institute de Ecología , 19°30.768’N, 96°56.349’W, 1260 m, 17–18.ii.2009, coll. A.I. Khalaim. GoogleMaps 1 ♀ ( ZISP) same data, but 12–14.iv.2014 GoogleMaps . 1 ♀ ( EMEC) Fortin de las Flores, 1010 m, 7–12.vii.1974, coll. J.A. Chemsak, E. & J. Linsley, J. Powell. 1 ♀ ( UNAM) Biological Station Los Tuxtlas, 20–22.viii.1988, coll. C. Beautelspocher. 1 ♂ ( EMEC) same data, but 1–9.vii.1988, coll. J.A. Chemsak. Morelos : 3 ♀ (UAT), 1 ♂ ( CIUM) N of Cuernavaca, Chamilpa , 13.ii.1991, coll. G. Peña. 1 ♀ (UAT) Tepoztlán , 18°59’51”N, 99°05’55”W, 1490 m, 5.iii.2010, coll. A.E. Humala. Oaxaca GoogleMaps : 1 ♀ ( IPN) Cuilapam, Nogal , Malaise trap, 12.iii.2005, coll. J.M. Maldonado. 1 ♀ ( EMEC) Temascal , 19.i.1964, coll. K.H. Janzen. 1 ♀ ( TAMU) 5 mi. S of Candelaria Loxicha , 18–19.vii.1974, coll. Clark, Murray, Ashe & Schaffner. 1 ♀ ( TAMU) 2 mi. N of Candelaria Loxicha , 17.vii.1985, coll. Jones & Schaffner. COSTA RICA. 1 ♀ (UAT) Guanacaste Prov., Santa Rosa National Park , 300 m, iii–v.1984, coll. I.D. Gauld (det. I.D. Gauld) .

Distribution. Mexico (Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Jalisco, Veracruz, Guerrero, Morelos, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Yucatán), El Salvador, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Brazil (Minas Gerais).

Biology. Reared from cocoon of Acharia Hübner ( Lepidoptera : Limacodidae ) in Costa Rica ( Gauld et al. 1998). One male from Venezuela probably was reared from Sibene sp. ( Limacodidae ), a common pest of cultivated palms ( Gauld 1991).

References

Cameron, P. (1886) Hymenoptera. In: Godman, F. D. & Salvin, O. (Eds.), Biologia Centrali-Americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. Zoology , 1, pp. 241 - 328.

Cresson, E. T. (1874) Descriptions of Mexican Ichneumonidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1873 (Part III), 374 - 413.

Cresson, E. T. (1916) The Cresson types of Hymenoptera. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 1, 1 - 141.

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

Hernandez-Aguilar, S. G., Kasparyan, D. R. & Ruiz-Cancino, E. (1999) Especies de Pimplini (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) de dos localidades de la reserva de la biosfera El Cielo , Tamaulipas. XXII Congreso Nacional de Control Biologico, Memorias (Montecillo, Estado de Mexico, Mexico, 28 - 29 October 1999), 35 - 38.

Hernandez-Aguilar, S. G., Kasparyan, D. R. & Ruiz-Cancino, E. (2005) 43. Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae. In: Sanchez-Ramos, G., Reyes-Castillo, P. & Dirzo, R. (Eds.), Historia Natural de la Reserva Biosfera El Cielo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, pp. 464 - 470.

Krieger, R. (1905) Ueber die Ichneumonidengattung Neotheronia Krieger. (Hym.). Zeitschrift fur Systematische Hymenopterologie und Dipterologie, 5, 286 - 307, 333 - 338.

Morley, C. (1914) A revision of the Ichneumonidae based on the collection in the British Museum (Natural History). Part III. Tribes Pimplides and Bassides. British Museum (Natural History), London, xiii + 148 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 191419140417

Ruiz-Cancino, E., Kasparyan, D. R. & Coronado-Blanco, J. M. (2002) 37. Ichneumonidae. In: Llorente-Bousquets, J. & Morrone, J. J. (Eds.), Biodeversidad, Taxonomia y Biogeografia de Artropodos de Mexico: Hacia una sintesis de su conocimiento. Conabio-Ecosur-Bayer, Mexico City, pp. 631 - 646.

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.

Townes, H. K. & Townes, M. (1966) A catalogue and reclassification of the Neotropic Ichneumonidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 8, 1 - 367.

Figures

FIGURES 25–30. Neotheronia jugaldei, ♀: 25—pronotum, lateral; 26—mesopleuron, front. Neotheronia montezuma, ♀ (27– 29) and ♂ (30): 27—head, front; 28—pronotum, lateral; 29—mesopleuron, front; 30—metasoma, dorsal.

Abbreviations

FSCA	Florida State Collection of Arthropods, The Museum of Entomology
AEIC	American Entomological Institute
UNAM	Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
ZISP	Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
EMEC	Essig Museum of Entomology
IPN	Instituto Politecnico Nacional
TAMU	Texas A&M University