Aneugmenus sp.

Boeve, Jean-Luc, Marin-Armijos, Diego S., Dominguez, Diego F. & Smith, David R., 2016, Sawflies (Hymenoptera: Argidae, Pergidae, Tenthredinidae) from southern Ecuador, with a new record for the country and some ecological data, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 51, pp. 55-89 : 70-71

Aneugmenus sp.

Fig. 23

Remarks.

Smith (2005) recorded two species in northern South America, Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador, the southern extent of this Holarctic genus. One species, A. merida Smith, was reared from bracken fern, Pteridium aquilinum (L.) in Venezuela. The specimen collected here is a male and could be either of the two species; the male is not known for A. colombia Smith.

Material.

nr Loja, Reserva El Madrigal, 04°02'S, 079°11'W, 2280m, 21.10.2014, by sweeping on Pteridium sp. ( Dennstaedtiaceae ), P3949 (1 ♂), leg. J.-L. Boevé.

Figures

Figure 23. Aneugmenus sp., male (P 3949), body length 6.0 mm. a Dorsal view b ventral view.