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Pimpla punicepis Cresson 1874

  • 1. Centro de Investigación de Estudios Avanzados del Maule, Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad Católica del Maule, Avenida San Miguel, 3605, Talca, Chile.
  • 2. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2208 - 6349
  • 3. Centro de Investigación de Estudios Avanzados del Maule, Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad Católica del Maule, Avenida San Miguel, 3605, Talca, Chile. & Laboratorio de Ecología de Abejas, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas y Químicas, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Católica del Maule, Avenida San Miguel, 3605, Talca, Chile. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9438 - 3238
  • 4. Fundación Bioconservancy, Mesenia-Paramarillo Nature Reserve, Jardín, Antioquia, Colombia. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4882 - 0414

Description

Pimpla punicepis Cresson, 1874

(Fig. 4C)

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from the other Colombian Pimpla by the combination of the following character states: 1) metasoma with laterotergites II–V broad, more than 0.5× as broad as long; 2) malar space wide, 1.0× longer than basal mandibular width (0.8–0.9× in male); 3) female with the posterolateral corner of mesopleuron usually finely punctate; 4) body black with legs reddish brown; 5) male with a central white band on hind tibia (Gauld 1991; Díaz 2000).

Distribution. Chile; Colombia (Antioquia *, Boyacá, Magdalena, Nariño); Costa Rica; Ecuador; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico; Peru; USA; Venezuela.

Material examined. COLOMBIA, Mcpio [=Municipio] Jardín, Antioquia, Mesenia-Paramillo Nature Reserve (1800–3000 m), entomological net, N 5°29′45.8′′, E 75°53′21.3′′, VIII.2019 (L. Mazariegos leg.), 2♀♀, UNIANDES; idem but IV.2019, 4♀♀, UNIANDES; idem, but sweep net, N 5°29′, E 75°53′, 25.III.2020 (J. Jamarillo leg.), 1♀, UNIANDES; idem, but La Lucrecia, entomological net, N 5°29′54.5′′, E 75°54′35.7′′, IX.2020 (J. Jamarillo leg.), 2♁♁, UNIANDES; Mcpio [=Municipio] Andes, Antioquia, Mesenia-Paramillo Nature Reserve, Mesenia, entomological net, N 5°29′54.5″, E 75°54′35.7″, 19.IX.2020 (J. Jamarillo leg.), 1♀, UNIANDES.

Notes

Published as part of Pádua, Diego G., Fernandes, Daniell R. R., Araujo, Rodrigo O. & Mazariegos, Luis A., 2023, Filling gaps in the knowledge of the Colombian Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): new records, description of unknown males, and taxonomical notes, pp. 61-70 in Zootaxa 5244 (1) on pages 67-68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5244.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/7645791

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2020-03-25 , 2020-09-19
Verbatim event date
2020-03-25 , 2020-09-19
Scientific name authorship
Cresson
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Ichneumonidae
Genus
Pimpla
Species
punicepis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pimpla punicepis Cresson, 1874 sec. Pádua, Fernandes, Araujo & Mazariegos, 2023

References

  • Gauld, I. D. (1991) The Ichneumonidae of Costa Rica, 1. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 47, 1 - 589.
  • Diaz, F. A. (2000) The Venezuelan Species of Pimpla (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 9 (2), 246 - 253.