Hymenoepimecis castilloi Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020

Pádua, Diego G., 2022, First record of the Darwin wasp Hymenoepimecis Viereck, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from Argentina and Bolivia, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 5169 (1), pp. 49-60 : 52

Hymenoepimecis castilloi Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020

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Diagnosis. See Pádua et al. (2020).

Distribution. Peru. This is the first record of the species and genus for Argentina ( Fig. 7B ).

Biological notes. Host unknown.

Material examined. ARGENTINA: Tucumán, Dpto. [= Department] Tafi, ca. Horco Molle, Quebrada del Funicular , 04–05.VIII.1977 (C. Porter leg.), 4♀♀, FSCA ; idem, but 25.III–30IV.1966, 5♀♀, FSCA ; idem, but 09–11.IV.1970, 1♀, FSCA .

Figures

FIGURE 2. Hymenoepimecis castilloi Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020 (♀). (A) Habitus; (B) Head, dorsal view; (C) Head and anterior part of mesosoma, lateral view; (D) Face, frontal view; (E) Sternite I, lateral view, arrow shows the rounded swelling; (F) Tarsal claw, lateral view.

FIGURE 7. Geographical distribution of the Hymenoepimecis species. (A) H. atlantica sp. n.; (B) H. castilloi Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020; (C) Hymenoepimecis japi Sobczak, Loffredo, Penteado-Dias & Gonzaga, 2009; (D) H. ribeiroi Pádua & Sobczak, 2015; (E) H. uberensis Pádua & Onody, 2015; (F) H. veranii Loffredo & Penteado-Dias, 2009.