Trieces wascia Gauld & Sithole, 2002

Melo, Ivy Frizo De, Araújo, Carolina Rodrigues & Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria, 2015, New species of Exochus Gravenhorst and Trieces Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Metopiinae) and first record of seven species from Brazil, Zootaxa 4059 (1) : -

Trieces wascia Gauld & Sithole, 2002

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Diagnosis. This species has the lateromedian longitudinal carinae on the propodeum posteriorly divergent, malar space and lower part of gena yellowish, lower part of the metapleuron bearing a few longitudinal rugae, and the epicnemial carina joining the pleural margin closer to the subalar prominence ( Gauld, et al., 2002).

Remarks. Variations were not found in the color and structure patterns of the species comparing with the paratypes.

Distribution. Brazil, Costa Rica. The specimens were collected in Brazilian savannah (São Carlos, State of São Paulo).

Biology. Unknown.

Material examined. ( BMNH) Paratypes, 7 ♀, Costa Rica, Guanacaste National Park, Estacion Maritza, 560 m, iv–xi.1988, i-1989, Gauld & Mitchell colls. ( DCBU) 2 ♀, Brazil, SP, São Carlos, Federal University of São Carlos, 21°58’S 47°53’W, Malaise trap, 25.IV.2008, A.M. Penteado-Dias coll.

Figures

FIGURES 23 – 27. Trieces spp. Trieces riodinis, ♀: 23, habitus, lateral. Trieces upermia, ♀: 24, habitus, lateral; 25, head, lateral. Trieces wardae, ♀: 26, habitus, lateral. Trieces wascia, ♀: 27, habitus, lateral.