Acrotaphus latifasciatus ( Cameron, 1911 )

Khalaim, Andrey I., Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique & Coronado-Blanco, Juana María, 2024, Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: Polysphincta genus-group, Zootaxa 5458 (2), pp. 151-196 : 154-155

1. Acrotaphus latifasciatus ( Cameron, 1911)

Epimeces (sic!) latifasciatus Cameron 1911: 176 [ holotype ♀ (BMNH), Guyana].

References. Morley 1914: 7 [ Epimecis ; in key]. Townes & Townes 1960: 256 [ Acrotaphus (comb.)]. Townes & Townes 1966: 19 [catalogue; Mexico]. Gauld 1991: 331 [ Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Guyana, Peru; biological notes]. Gauld et al. 1998: 119, 120 [in key; Costa Rica]. Pádua et al. 2020a: 39 [description; Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Mexico ( Veracruz, Chiapas), Panama, Peru, Venezuela].

Material examined. MEXICO. Veracruz: 1 ♀ ( UAT) 25 km NE of San Andrés Tuxtla, Biological Station Los Tuxtlas , 160 m, 12.viii.1985, coll. A. Ibarra. 1 ♀ ( EMEC) Biological Station Los Tuxtlas, at lites, 1–9.vii.1988, coll. J.A. Chemsak. 1 ♀ ( UNAM) same locality, 8.i.1980, coll. G. Ortega. 1 ♂ ( UNAM) same locality, 17.xi.1985, coll. E. Ramirez. 1 ♀ ( UNAM) same locality, 3.x.1985, coll. C. Meyorga & V. Meléndez. 1 ♀ ( UNAM) same locality, 9.iv.1986, coll. P. Sinaca. 2 ♀ ( UNAM) same locality, 13–20.xi, 15–19.xii.1988, coll. E. Mejorada. 1 ♂ ( UNAM) same locality, 30.vi.1989, coll. M.A. Perez. 2 ♀ ( UNAM) same locality, 10.x and 14.xi.1989, coll. P. Sinaca. 1 ♀ ( UNAM) same locality, 1.xi.1989, coll. S. Zaragoza. Chiapas: 1 ♀ ( EMEC) Simojovel , 1–16.viii.1958, coll. J.A. Chemsak. HONDURAS. 1 ♀ ( TAMU) Atlántida, La Ceiba, Río Cangrejal , 16.xii.1995, coll. J. Luhman.

Distribution. Mexico ( Veracruz, Chiapas), Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Guyana, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Brazil.

Biology. Nocturnally active species, regularly attracted to light sheets at night. Probably parasitoid of large nocturnal araneid ( Gauld 1991).