Eiphosoma tantalium Gauld, 2000

Figs 64–70

Eiphosoma tantalium Gauld, 2000: 103 . Holotype female, Costa Rica (NHM).

Diagnosis. Mandible stout, weakly tapered towards distal end, with upper tooth conspicuously longer and stouter than the lower (Figs 64–66); mesoscutellum with scattered punctures and two lateral stripes joining posteriorly (Fig. 67); propodeum centrally wrinkled or ridged (Fig. 68); fore wing with vein 3 rs -m completely absent, with vein 1 mcu joining 2 rs -m closer to Rs than of M, or rarely with lenticular areolet (Fig. 69) (Gauld 2000).

Examined material. 4♀, 1♁. Colombia, Caquetá: Valparaíso, Vereda La Florida, finca La Florida, 01°10’18”N, 75°38’40” W, 235 m, 29.III.–04.IV.2017, trampa Malaise en cultivo de caña ( Saccharum officinarum), Y. Ramos-Pastrana (1♀, LEUA –53607) ; idem Florencia, Vereda San Francisco San Pacho, finca El Recreo, 01°42’24”N, 75°36’36” W, 643 m, 09-23.XI.2016, trampa Malaise en cultivo de caña ( Saccharum officinarum), Y. Ramos-Pastrana (1♀, LEUA –53608) ; idem trampa Malaise en bosque secundario-dosel, Y. Ramos-Pastrana (1♁, LEUA – 53609) ; idem San Vicente del Caguán, Vereda Alto Quebradón, finca Veracruz, 02°17’52”N, 74°44’15” W, 374 m, 15.II.–01.III.2017, trampa Malaise en cultivo de caña ( Saccharum officinarum), Y. Ramos-Pastrana (1♀, LEUA – 53610) ; idem 23.XI.–07.XII.2016 (1♀, LEUA –53611) .

New World geographical distribution. Brazil (S„o Paulo); Colombia (Caquetá *); Costa Rica (Puntarenas, Alajuela, Heredia, Limón) (Onody et al. 2012; Yu et al. 2016; Fernandes et al. 2023). (Fig. 70).

Habitat. The specimens were collected with a Malaise and suspendable type flight intersection trap at ground level and canopy in secondary forest and sugarcane ( Saccharum officinarum) cultivation. The vegetation of the collection site corresponds to forests of the Andean-Amazonian foothills and Amazonian lowlands.

Hosts. Unknown.