Forrestopius auguratricis Alvarado & Palacio, 2021

Pádua, Diego G., Fernandes, Daniell R. R., Araujo, Rodrigo O. & Mazariegos, Luis A., 2023, Filling gaps in the knowledge of the Colombian Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): new records, description of unknown males, and taxonomical notes, Zootaxa 5244 (1), pp. 61-70 : 63-64

Forrestopius auguratricis Alvarado & Palacio, 2021

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Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from all other Forrestopius by the combination of the following characters: 1) body black, with scape, dorso-posterior corner of propodeum yellowish brown, and fore and mid legs predominantly yellowish testaceous, and hind leg yellowish testaceous, coxa and basal half of femur black, distal 1/3 of tibia light brown; 2) mandible with two teeth; 3) antenna with 16–19 flagellomeres; 4) face and clypeus forming a continuous surface; 5) pronotum with a single wrinkle arising from pronotal pit with its upper end reaching about one third to half of way to anterior margin; 6) propodeum with lateromedian and lateral longitudinal carinae ( Alvarado & Palacio 2021).

Distribution. Colombia (Risaralda; Coquimbo*); Ecuador; Peru; Venezuela.

Material examined. COLOMBIA, Mcpio [=Municipio] Andes, Antioquia, Mesenia-Paramillo Nature Reserve , Malaise trap 3, N 5°29′55.5″, E 75°54′14.0″, 2501 msnm, IX.2020 (L. Mazariegos leg.), 4♀♀, UNIANDES ; idem, but Malaise trap 4, N 5°29′55.5″, E 75°54′22.9″, 2623 msnm, II–III.2021, 1♀, UNIANDES ; idem, but Malaise trap 5, N 5°29′54.3″, E 75°54′28.7″, 2707 msnm, I.2021, 1♀, UNIANDES .

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FIGURE 2. Species of Darwin wasps (Ichneumonidae) from Mesenia-Paramillo Nature Reserve, Colombia: A) Aphanistes silviae Alvarado (♀) (Anomaloninae); B) Woldstedius paulus Dasch (♀) (Diplazontinae); C) Forestopius auguratricis Alvarado & Palacio (♀) (Metopiinae); D) Acrotaphus pseudoamazonicus Pádua & Sääksjärvi (in vivo; ♀) (Pimplinae); E) Anastelgis garciai Gauld (in vivo; ♀) (Pimplinae). Scale bar: 1 mm.