4. Dolichomitus zonatus (Cresson, 1874)

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Pimpla zonata Cresson 1874: 401 [♀ (ANSP), Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba].

Synonym:

Pimpla? chichimeca Cresson, 1974 (Townes & Townes 1966: 13).

References. Cresson 1874: 402 [ Pimpla ? chichimeca (description); Mexico (Veracruz)]. Cameron 1886: 268 [ Pimpla zonata; Mexico (Veracruz)], 268 [ Pimpla (?) chichimeca; Mexico (Veracruz)]. Cresson 1916: 23 [ Pimpla ? chichimeca; lectotype ♂ (ANSP) designated; Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba], 64 [ Pimpla zonata; lectotype ♀ (ANSP) designated; Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba]. Townes & Townes 1966: 13 [catalogue; 3 subspecies; Mexico (Veracruz); Pimpla ? cichimeca (syn.), Ephialtes annulicornis (syn.)]. Gauld 1991: 220 [description; Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Tabasco), Costa Rica, Panama]. Gauld et al. 1998: 25 [in key; Costa Rica]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2002: 645 [checklist; Mexico]. Gauld et al. 2002: 36 [El Salvador]. Sánchez-García et al. 2015: 827 [checklist; Mexico (Oaxaca)]. Araujo et al. 2020: 93 [in key], 95 [figs].

Material examined. MEXICO. Veracruz: 1 ♂ (UNAM) NE of San Andrés Tuxtla, Biological Station Los Tuxtlas, 230 m, selva alta perennifolia, Malaise trap, 3–16.iii.2014, coll. M. Madora. 2 ♂ (UNAM, ZISP) same data, but 31.iii–16.iv.2014.

Remarks. The species belongs to the zonatus species-group, defined by Gauld (1991) for three species occurring in Costa Rica, having a vespid mimicking males with specialized fore trochanters and coxae, and females with ovipositor sheath sparsely and shortly hirsute.

One female, paralectotype of Ephialtes annulicornis Cameron, actually belong to this species (Gauld 1991: 218, 222).

Status of two South American subspecies, D. zonatus coracinus (Schmiedeknecht, 1906) from Peru and D. zonatus sannio (Enderlein, 1919) from Ecuador, requires investigation (Gauld 1991).

Distribution. Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Tabasco), Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama,? Ecuador,? Peru.