Scambus albipes ( Cresson, 1874 )

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 : 230

1. Scambus albipes ( Cresson, 1874)

( Figs 41–45 )

Pimpla albipes Cresson 1874: 399 [♀ (ANSP), Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba ].

References. Cameron 1886: 267 [ Pimpla ; Mexico (Veracruz)]. Cresson 1916: 14 [lectotype ♀ (ANSP) designated; Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba]. Townes & Townes 1960: 77 [ Scambus (Erythroscambus) ]. Townes & Townes 1966: 10 [catalogue; Scambus (Erythroscambus) ; Mexico]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2002: 645 [checklist; Mexico]. Gauld et al. 2002: 33 [ El Salvador].

Remarks. One Mexican specimen was compared with the holotype of S. espinozai Gauld from Costa Rica, and these specimens were found to be very similar, except the propodeum which is more or less entirely black in S. espinozai and predominantly red in Mexican specimens. Scambus espinozai probably is a junior synonym of S. albipes but we do not synonymize this species here while the Nearctic material of S. albipes is not studied.

Material examined. MEXICO. Nuevo León: 1 ♀ ( FSCA) Mesa de Chipinque , 17–18.viii.1984, coll. L. Stange & C. Porter. Tamaulipas: 1 ♀ (UAT) SSW Cd. Victoria, Rancho Santa Elena , 23º37.362’N, 99º12.746’W, 970 m, Malaise trap, 1–18.i.2011, coll. E. Ruíz-Cancino & A.I. Khalaim. 1 ♀ ( ZISP) 15 km SSW of Cd. Victoria, El Madroño , 16–18.xii.2008, coll. A.I. Khalaim (compared with S. espinosai holotype) . 1 ♀ ( ZISP) same data, but 12.i.2013 . 1 ♀ (UAT) same locality, 9.xii.1984, coll. J. Ruíz-Cancino & S. Arrambide. 2 ♂ (UAT) same locality, 29.i.1985, coll. J. Ruíz-Cancino. 1 ♀ (UAT) same locality, 28.iv.1985, coll. E. Ruíz-Cancino. 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (UAT) same locality, 16.xi.1985, coll. E. Ruíz-Cancino & S. Arrambide. 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (UAT) same locality, 23.xii.1987, coll. E. & H. Ruíz-Cancino. Jalisco: 1 ♀ ( ZISP) 10 km S of Tequila, Volcán de Tequila , 20°47.4’N, 103°51’W, 2750–2850 m, 7.ii.2009, coll. A.I. Khalaim. Veracruz: 1 ♀ ( AEIC) Orizaba , 2500 ft. (= 765 m), 13.ii.1954 , coll. R. R. Dreisbach . Oaxaca: 2 ♀, 1 ♂ ( UNAM) Santiago Comaltepec, La Esperanza , 17.62661ºN, 96.36950ºW, 1600 m, Malaise trap, 1–10.vii.2008, coll. A. López García. Chiapas: 1 ♀ ( ZISP) 50 km ESE of Comitán, National Park Lagos de Montebello , 16.106551, -91.705158, 1500 m, 8.viii.2021, coll. A.I. Khalaim. GUATEMALA. 3 ♀ ( AEIC) Quetzaltenango Department, Zunil , 2200 m, 7.ix.1987, coll. M.J. Sharkey.

Distribution. Mexico (Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Jalisco, Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas), Guatemala, El Salvador. First record from Guatemala.

Figures

FIGURES 41–45. Scambus albipes, ♀ (41—Tamaulipas, 42–45—Jalisco): 41—habitus, lateral; 42—head, mesosoma and base of metasoma, lateral; 43—fore and mid legs, lateral; 44—portion of hind wing with nervellus; 45—metasoma, dorso-lateral.