Chirotica thyridopteryx (Riley, 1869)

Khalaim, Andrey I., Kasparyan, Dmitri R. & López-Ortega, Maurilio, 2018, New records and descriptions of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) from Mexico, Zootaxa 4486 (1), pp. 1-30 : 15

46. Chirotica thyridopteryx (Riley, 1869)

( Figs 15, 16 )

References. Carlson 1979: 395.

Remarks. The species was only mentioned from Mexico in the catalogue by Carlson (1979) with no details on its distribution in Mexico.

Material examined. Jalisco: 1 ♀ ( EMEC) Biological Station Chamela, at lights, 23–31.VII.1990, coll. Chemsak, UC Berkeley EMEC 735335 .

Distribution. USA (many localities), Mexico (* Jalisco).

Biology. Reared from species of Lepidoptera genera Astala Davis , Cryptothelea Duncan & Westwood , Oiketicus Guilding and Thyridopteryx Stephens (Psychidae) , Grapholita Treitschke (Tortricidae) and Orgyia Ochsenheimer (Erebidae) . Also recorded as hyperparasitoid in the ichneumonid genera Iseropus Förster and Itoplectis Förster ( Hymenoptera : Ichneumonidae ).

Figures

FIGURES 14–18. Amydraulax mexicana, female: 14—habitus, lateral. Chirotica thyridopteryx, female: 15—mesosoma with wings and antennae, lateral; 16—hind part of mesosoma and metasoma, lateral. Nipponaetes hansoni, female: 17—habitus, lateral; 18—head and mesosoma, dorsal.