Pimpla viridescens Morley, 1914

Khalaim, Andrey I. & Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique, 2021, Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: genera Apechthis Förster, Itoplectis Förster and Pimpla Fabricius, Zootaxa 5071 (4), pp. 451-491 : 485

18. Pimpla viridescens Morley, 1914

( Figs 50–53 )

Pimpla viridescens Morley 1914: 67 [holotype ♀ (NHMUK), Mexico, Guerero , Sierra de las Aguas Escondidas, 9500 ft. (= 3150 m), vii.1904, coll. H.H. Smith; ♀].

References. Townes & Townes 1966: 29 [catalogue; Coccygomimus ; Mexico]. Gauld 1991: 519 [description; Costa Rica, Mexico (Guerrero)]. Gauld et al. 1998: 138 [in key; Costa Rica]. Gauld et al. 2002: 58 [ El Salvador]. Ruíz- Cancino et al. 2002: 645 [checklist; Mexico].

Material examined. MEXICO. Jalisco: 1 ♀ ( UAT) 10 km S of Tequila, Volcán de Tequila , 20°47.4’N, 103°51.0’W, 2750–2850 m, 7.ii.2009, coll. A.I. Khalaim. 2 ♂ ( UANL, ZISP) La Huerta, Estación Biológica Chamela, Vereda Tejón , 600 m, Malaise trap, 7–10.iii.2000, coll. M.A. Sarmiento. Hidalgo: 5 ♀ (2 ♀ in UAT, 1 ♀ in UNAM, 2 ♀ in ZISP) 8 km N of Pachuca de Soto, National Park El Chico , 20°11.4’N, 98°44.55’W, 2800–2900 m, 18–22.xii.2014, coll. A.I. Khalaim. Tlaxcala: Nanacamilpa, Ejido Los Búfalos , 19°28’N, 98°35’W, bosque Pino-Encino, 2830–2900 m, Malaise trap, coll. Y. Márquez & A. Contreras : 1 ♀ ( ZISP) 3–30.vi.2016 , 5 ♀ ( UNAM) 30.vi–1.viii.2016 , 1 ♀ ( UNAM) 1–26.viii.2016. D.F .: 1 ♀ ( EMEC) Desierto de los Leones , 7.vii.1962, coll. D.H. Janzen. Morelos: 1 ♂ ( UNAM) 2 km NW of Huitzilac , 2750 m, 18.vii.1984, coll. J. Butze & G. Ayzare. Guerrero: 2 ♀ ( TAMU) 6.6 mi. SW of Filo de Caballo , 12.vii.1985, Jones & Schaffner . Chiapas: 1 ♂ ( UANL) Cerro El Huitepec , 16°46’06”N, 92°41’04”W, 2.viii.1997, coll. A. Gonzáles H. GUATEMALA. 1 ♀ ( AEIC) Guatemala Department, near Antigua , Sacatepequez, 1700 m, 23.xi.1986, coll. M.J. Sharkey. HONDURAS. 1 ♂ ( FSCA) Francisco Morazán, San Antonio de Oriente, Cerro Uyuca , cloud forest, Malaise trap, 29.v–4.vi.1990, coll. R. Cave. 1 ♂ ( FSCA) Francisco Morazán, Cerro Uyuca , El Zamorano, 1900 m, cloud forest, Malaise trap, 10–20.viii.1992, coll. L. Stange & C. Porter.

Distribution. Mexico (Jalisco, Hidalgo, Tlaxcala, D.F., Morelos, Guerrero, Chiapas), Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica. First records from Guatemala and Honduras.

Figures

FIGURES 50–53. Pimpla viridescens, female: 50—habitus (without apices of legs and ovipositor), lateral; 51—head, ventroanterior; 52—head and anterior part of mesosoma, ventro-antero-lateral; 53—metasomal tergites 2–4, dorso-lateral.