Dolichomitus annulicornis ( Cameron, 1886 )

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 : 215-216

1. Dolichomitus annulicornis ( Cameron, 1886)

Ephialtes annulicornis Cameron 1886: 262 [ ♀ (all in BMNH), Guatemala ( San Isidro at 1600 ft. and San Jéronimo, coll. Champion), Panama (Volcán de Chiriquí at 2000 to 6000 ft., coll. Champion)].

References. Schulz 1907: 323 [ Labena ]. Morley 1914: 19 [ Ephialtes ; remarks; Mexico ( Oaxaca, Tabasco)]. Townes & Townes 1966: 13 [catalogue; syn. of D. zonarus zonatus ; Guatemala, Panama]. Gauld 1991: 216 [ex synonym; Dolichomitus ; lectotype ♀ (BMNH) designated, Guatemala, San Jerónimo, coll. Champion; Mexico ( Tabasco), Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Brazil ( Bahia); biology]. Gauld et al. 1998: 25 [in key; Costa Rica]. Gauld et al. 2002: 36 [ El Salvador]. RuízCancino et al. 2002: 645 [checklist; Mexico]. Hernández-Aguilar et al. 2005: 470 [ Mexico ( Tamaulipas)]. Quicke et al. 2009: 1413 [ Costa Rica]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2010: 64 [checklist; Mexico ( Tamaulipas)]. Araujo et al. 2020: 93 [in key], 95 [figs.].

Material examined. MEXICO. Tamaulipas: 1 ♀ ( UAT) Llera [Municipio], El Encino, 27.iii.2001, coll. C.A. Covarrubias D. 4 ♂ ( UAT) Gómez Farías, Altas Cimas , Malaise trap, 24.iv–22.v.1999, coll. S. Hernández A. 1 ♂ ( UAT) Gómez Farías, Los Cedros , 300 m, Malaise trap, 13.iii.2003, coll. D. R. Kasparyan . 2 ♂ ( UAT) Gómez Farías, Canindo , Malaise trap, 20–21.vii.1994, coll. J.B. Woolley. Ocampo, Ejido El Bejuco, 900 m, Malaise trap, coll. E. Ruíz-Cancino et al. (all in UAT): 12–25.vi.2016 ( 2 ♂), 30.vii–12.viii.2016 ( 1 ♂) . Jalisco: 1 ♀ ( TAMU) 8 mi. S of Autlan , 8.vii.1984, coll. Carroll, Schaffner & Friedlander. Veracruz: 2 ♀ ( UNAM) NE of San Andrés Tuxtla, Biological Station Los Tuxtlas , 13–20.xi, 15–19.xii.1988, coll. E. Mejorada. Same locality, 150–210 m, selva alta perennifolia, Malaise trap, coll. M. Madora: 1 ♂ ( UNAM) 10.iii–14.iv.2013 , 1 ♂ ( ZISP) 16–31.iii.2014 , 3 ♂ ( UNAM) 31.iii–16.iv.2014 , 1 ♂ ( UNAM) 14–28.v.2014 , 1 ♂ ( ZISP) 28.v–16.vi.2014 . Oaxaca: 1 ♂ ( TAMU) 15.1 mi. N of San Gabriel Mixtepec, 3850 ft. (= 1175 m), Highway 131, 11.vii.1987, coll. R. Wharton . Chiapas: 1 ♀ ( ZISP) 40 km E of Comitán, National Park Lagos de Montebello , 16.132282, -91.729243, 9.viii.2021, coll. A.I. Khalaim. COSTA RICA. Cartago: 1 ♂ ( INHS) Turrialba , 2.ix.1979, coll. M.E. Irwin.

Remarks. The species belongs to the zonatus species-group, defined by Gauld (1991) for three species occurring in Costa Rica, having a vespid mimicking males with specialized fore trochanters and coxae, and females with ovipositor sheath sparsely and shortly hirsute.

Distribution. Mexico ( Tamaulipas, Jalisco, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Chiapas), Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Brazil ( Bahia).

Biology. Males of this species are Batesian mimics of a common species of Agelaia Lepeletier ( Hymenoptera : Vespidae ) ( Gauld 1991).