Pimpla caerulea Brullé, 1846

Pádua, Diego G., Araujo, Rodrigo O. & Mazariegos, Luis A., 2019, Pimpla Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from Colombia, Zootaxa 4683 (3), pp. 439-446 : 441

Pimpla caerulea Brullé, 1846

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Pimpla caerulea Brullé, 1846 . In Lepeletier: Histoire naturelle des insects Hymènoptères, 4: 101. des. Type: ♀, Brazil: “Prov. De Rio Grande” (MNHN).

Coccygomimus caeruleatus Townes & Townes, 1946: 34 .

Coccygomimus caeruleatus caeruleus Townes & Townes, 1966: 24 .

Coccygomimus caeruleatus glaucus Townes & Townes, 1966: 25 .

Diagnosis. Clypeus weakly concave apically; mesosoma and metasoma metallic blue; wings blackish; fore wing with Rs more or less straight and cu-a opposite to Rs&M; metasoma with laterotergite V narrow, less than 0.30× as long as wide; female with tergite I short and wide, strongly convex laterally; male with fore coxae white marked.

Biological notes. Host is the Noctuidae moth Alabama argillacea (Hübner) ( Porter, 1970).

Distribution. According to Yu et al. (2012): Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Paraguay and Venezuela. * Colombia.

Figures

FIGURES 1. A–C: Pimpla Fabricius species newly recorded to Colombia (in vivo—lateral view). A: Pimpla albomarginata Cameron; B: P. caerulea Brullé; C: P. sumichrasti Cresson. Scale bars = 5.00 mm.