Flacopimpla nigriceps ( Walsh, 1873 )

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 : 168

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5458.2.1
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scientific name	Flacopimpla nigriceps ( Walsh, 1873 )
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Polysphincta nigriceps Walsh 1873: 144 [ ♀ ♂ (lost), USA,? Illinois].

Synonyms: Polysphincta braucheri Cushman, 1920 ( Townes 1944: 52). Polysphincta californiensis Cushman, 1920 ( Townes 1944: 52). Polysphincta crosbyi Cushman, 1920 ( Townes 1944: 52).? Polysphincta nigrita Walsh, 1873 ( Townes 1944: 52). Clistopyga nigrocephala Davis, 1898 ( Townes 1944: 52).

References. Cushman 1920: 32 [ Polysphincta ( Zatypota) nigrocephala ; description; USA ( Illinois, Indiana, D.C.)], 33 [ P. ( Z.) braucheri ; USA ( Michigan, Indiana)], 34 [ P. ( Z.) californiensis ; USA ( California)], 35 [ P. ( Z.) crosbyi ; USA ( New York)]. Townes 1944: 52 [catalogue; Zatypota ; new synonymy]. Townes & Townes 1960: 273 [ Zatypota ; description; Canada, USA]. Gauld & Dubois 2006: 550 [ Flacopimpla (comb.)]. Khalaim & Ruíz-Cancino 2011: 3 [in key].

Material examined. MEXICO. Tamaulipas: 1 ♀ ( UAT) NW of Cd. Victoria, Los Troncones (park), 27.ii.2009, coll. A.I. Khalaim. Querétaro: 1 ♀ ( UAT) Santa María Magdalena, cultivo de sorgo ( Sorghum ), 13.xi.1998, coll. L. Rivera & J.L. Cozar.

Distribution. Canada, USA (almost everywhere), Mexico ( Tamaulipas, Querétaro). First record from Mexico.

Biology. Reared from cocoons on Alnus ( Betulaceae ) and Malus ( Rosaceae ), and one specimen was taken at light ( Townes & Townes 1960).