Acrotaphus latifasciatus ( Cameron, 1911 )

Khalaim, Andrey I., Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique & Coronado-Blanco, Juana María, 2024, Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: Polysphincta genus-group, Zootaxa 5458 (2), pp. 151-196 : 154-155

1. Acrotaphus latifasciatus ( Cameron, 1911)

Epimeces (sic!) latifasciatus Cameron 1911: 176 [holotype ♀ (BMNH), Guyana].

References. Morley 1914: 7 [ Epimecis ; in key]. Townes & Townes 1960: 256 [ Acrotaphus (comb.)]. Townes & Townes 1966: 19 [catalogue; Mexico]. Gauld 1991: 331 [ Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Guyana, Peru; biological notes]. Gauld et al. 1998: 119, 120 [in key; Costa Rica]. Pádua et al. 2020a: 39 [description; Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas), Panama, Peru, Venezuela].

Material examined. MEXICO. Veracruz: 1 ♀ ( UAT) 25 km NE of San Andrés Tuxtla, Biological Station Los Tuxtlas , 160 m, 12.viii.1985, coll. A. Ibarra. 1 ♀ ( EMEC) Biological Station Los Tuxtlas, at lites, 1–9.vii.1988, coll. J.A. Chemsak. 1 ♀ ( UNAM) same locality, 8.i.1980, coll. G. Ortega. 1 ♂ ( UNAM) same locality, 17.xi.1985, coll. E. Ramirez. 1 ♀ ( UNAM) same locality, 3.x.1985, coll. C. Meyorga & V. Meléndez. 1 ♀ ( UNAM) same locality, 9.iv.1986, coll. P. Sinaca. 2 ♀ ( UNAM) same locality, 13–20.xi, 15–19.xii.1988, coll. E. Mejorada. 1 ♂ ( UNAM) same locality, 30.vi.1989, coll. M.A. Perez. 2 ♀ ( UNAM) same locality, 10.x and 14.xi.1989, coll. P. Sinaca. 1 ♀ ( UNAM) same locality, 1.xi.1989, coll. S. Zaragoza. Chiapas: 1 ♀ ( EMEC) Simojovel , 1–16.viii.1958, coll. J.A. Chemsak. HONDURAS. 1 ♀ ( TAMU) Atlántida, La Ceiba, Río Cangrejal , 16.xii.1995, coll. J. Luhman.

Distribution. Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas), Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Guyana, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Brazil.

Biology. Nocturnally active species, regularly attracted to light sheets at night. Probably parasitoid of large nocturnal araneid ( Gauld 1991).