Scambus aplopappi ( Ashmead, 1890 )

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 : 232-233

3. Scambus aplopappi ( Ashmead, 1890)

( Fig. 38 )

Pimpla aplopappi Ashmead 1890: 446

[ holotype ♀ (USNM), USA, California, Los Angeles, ex lepidopterous gall on Aplopappus squamosa , coll. D.W. Coquillett].

Synonym:

Scambus evetrivorus Rohwer, 1915 ( Townes & Townes 1951: 186).

References. Rohwer 1915: 225 [ S. evetrivorus (descriprion); USA (New Mexico); host]. Townes & Townes 1951: 186 [catalogue; S. evetrivorus (syn.)]. Townes & Townes 1960: 63 [description; USA (west and south-west); host]. Frankie & Koehler 1971: 957 [ USA (California); host]. Carlson 1979: 323 [catalogue; Scambus (Scambus) ].

Material examined. MEXICO. Baja California: 1 ♀ ( UCR) El Consuelo Dunes, 11–12.vi.1979, coll. J.D. Pinto .

Distribution. USA (west and south-west), Mexico (Baja California). First record from Mexico.

Biology. Reared from various lepidopterous hosts in the USA. Recorded from Recurvaria milleri Busck , Syncopacma nigrella (Chambers) ( Lepidoptera : Gelechiidae ) and Rhyacionia spp. (Tortricidae) ( Townes & Townes 1960). Type of S. evetrivorus was reared from Rhyacionia bushnelli (Busck) infesting Pinus ponderosa Douglas ex C. Lawson (Rowher 1915; Townes & Townes 1960). Reared from cones containing cypress bark moth Cydia cupressana (Kearfott) (Tortricidae) and other occasional cone invaders ( Frankie & Koehler 1971).

Figures

FIGURES 37–40. Habitus, lateral, ♀: 37—Acropimpla tequila sp. nov. (holotype); 38—Scambus aplopappi; 39—S. longicoxa sp. nov. (paratype); 40—S. irapuatoensis sp. nov. (paratype).