1. Iseropus hylesiae Kasparyan, 2006

(Figs 29–31)

Iseropus hylesiae Kasparyan 2006: 210

[ holotype ♀ (UAT), Mexico, Tlaxcala, Huamantla, ex Hylesia iola Dyar, viii.2001; ♀ ♂, Mexico (Hidalgo, Chiapas)].

Material examined. MEXICO. Sinaloa: 1 ♀ (EMEC) 8 mi. W of El Palmito, 6000 ft. (= 1830 m), at light, 12.x.1975, coll. J. Powell et al. Querétaro: 1 ♀ (UNAM) S of Amealco de Bonfil, San Pedro Tenango, 20º08’12”N, 100º06’37”W, 2518 m, 24.x.2007, coll. H. Brailovsky & L. Cervantes. 1 ♀ (UAQ) Municipio Colón, Los Trigos, Cerro El Zamorano Mt., 12.iii.1997, coll. Eliut Hurtado. Hidalgo: 1 ♀ (ZISP) SW of Prismas Basalticos, 20.204738ºN, - 98.612887ºW, forest, 28.vii.2021, coll. A.I. Khalaim. 1 ♀ (UAT) Acaxochitlán, pine-oak forest, 21.vii.1995, coll. C.A. Covarrubias D. & S. Hernández A. D.F.: 2 ♀, 1 ♂ (UNAM) “ La Villa Sur del D.F. Agosto, 1962 ” .

Diagnosis. Submetapleural carina absent. Pronotum with white stripe along its dorsal margin (Fig. 30). Fore wing with pterostigma brownish yellow (Fig. 29). Face of male black. Female with ovipositor sheath 1.6–1.7× as long as hind tibia (Fig. 29).

Distribution. Mexico (Sinaloa, Querétaro, Hidalgo, D.F., Tlaxcala, Chiapas).

Biology. Specimens from Tlaxcala were reared from Hylesia iola Dyar ( Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), and specimens from Chiapas from the nest of Hylesia sp. on Arbutus xalapensis Kunth (Ericaceae) (Kasparyan 2006).