Calliephialtes notanda ( Cresson, 1870 )

Khalaim, Andrey I. & Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique, 2022, Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: Ephialtes genus-group, Zootaxa 5169 (3), pp. 201-251 : 212

3. Calliephialtes notanda ( Cresson, 1870)

Pimpla notanda Cresson 1870: 148 [♀ ♂ (ANSP); USA: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Colorado].

References. Cresson 1872: 165 [ Pimpla ; USA (Texas)]. Morley 1914: 26 [ Exeristes ; remarks; USA (Texas); host]. Cresson 1916: 45 [lectotype ♀ (ANSP) designated; USA, Pennsylvania]. Townes & Townes 1951: 188 [catalogue]. Townes & Townes 1960: 81 [ Calliephialtes notandus ; description; southern Canada, USA (widespread); host]. Plakidas 1978: 222 [ USA (Pennsylvania); host]. Carlson 1979: 326 [catalogue]. Müller & Goeden 1990 [host]. Rothman & Darling 1990 [host]. Bragg 1994 [host].

Material examined. USA. Nebraska: 5 ♀, 3 ♂ ( AEIC) Valentine Refuge , 4–8.vi.1972, H. & M. Townes . 1 ♀, 4 ♂ ( AEIC) Heartwell , 3.vi.1974, coll. H. & M. Townes. South Carolina: 3 ♀, 4 ♂ ( AEIC) Greenville , 27.v.1956, H. & M. Townes . 1 ♀ ( AEIC) Pickens Co., Wattacoo , 30.iv.1959, H.K. Townes . Maryland: 1 ♀ ( AEIC) Lexington Park , 13.v.1973, coll. H.K. Townes. Kentucky: 1 ♀ ( AEIC) Golden Pond , 10.vi–10.viii.1964, coll. S.G. Breeland. 1 ♂ ( AEIC) same data, but 1–8.x.1964 . California: 1 ♀, 1 ♂ ( AEIC) Chula Vista , 13.iv.1974, coll. H. & M. Townes. 2 ♀ ( AEIC) Julian , 12.v.1974, coll. H. & M. Townes. Arizona: 6 ♂ ( AEIC) Rustler Park , 8300 ft. (= 2530 m), 20.viii– 13.ix.1987, coll. H. & M. Townes. Florida: 1 ♀ ( AEIC) Lake Placid , 27.v.1967, coll. G. Heinrich. MEXICO. Guanajuato: 1 ♀ (UAT) El Bajío, 2.vi.1990, coll. M.A. Olivo.

Distribution. Canada (south), USA, Mexico (Guanajuato). First record from Mexico.

Biology. Reared from larvae of Lepidoptera boring or making galls in the stems: Coleophora parthenica Meyrick (Coleophoridae) ( Müller & Goeden 1990), Epiblema desertana (Zeller) , E. scudderiana (Clemens) and E. strenuana (Walker) (Tortricidae) ( Townes & Townes 1960; Plakidas 1978), Gnorimoschema baccharisella Busk , G. gallaeasteriella (Kellicott) and G. gallaesolidaginis (Riley) (Gelechiidae) ( Townes & Townes 1960; Rothman & Darling 1990), and Platyptilia carduidactyla (Riley) (Pterophoridae) ( Bragg 1994).