Epimecis ? thoracicus Cresson 1874: 395 [♀ (ANSP), Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba].
References. Cameron 1886: 270 [Epimecis (?) thoracica; Mexico (Veracruz)]. Morley 1914 a: 7 [Epimecis; in key]. Cresson 1916: 59 [lectotype ♀ (ANSP) designated; Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba]. Townes & Townes 1966: 18 [catalogue; Mexico]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2002: 645 [checklist; Mexico]. Gauld 1991: 309 [“Central Mexico ”]. Kumagai & Graf 2000: 162 [Brazil (Paraná)]. Kumagai & Graf 2002: 450 [Brazil (Paraná)].
Remarks. According to the original description (Cresson 1874: 395), female has head and antenna black; mesosoma predominantly yellow with “extreme tips of metathorax” black; legs predominantly yellow with black markings; fore tarsus black apically; mid and hind tarsi black; hind trochanter black; hind femur at base and subapically black; hind tibia black except centrally on outer side; metasoma black; ovipositor half as long as metasoma.
Record of this species from Brazil requires verification.
Distribution. Mexico (Veracruz),? Brazil (Paraná).