3. Eruga rufa Townes, 1960

(Figs 27–30)

Eruga rufa Townes in Townes & Townes 1960: 240 [holotype ♀ (USNM), USA, Maryland, Bethesda, reared 27.vi.1945 from parasitized spider collected 13.vi.1945, coll. J.M. Davis; ♀ ♂, USA (South Carolina)].

References. Carlson 1979: 336 [catalogue]. Gauld & Dubois 2006: 548 [notes on biology].

Variation. The specimen from Jalisco corresponds well with the original description (Townes & Townes 1960) but has propodeum black, contrasting with remainder brownish orange mesosoma (Figs 28, 29), and hind tibia white with conspicuous subbasal and apical black bands (Fig. 30).

Material examined. MEXICO. Jalisco: 1 ♀ (UAT) S of Tequila, north slope of Mt. Tequila, 1500 m, 23.ix.2011, coll. E. Ruíz-Cancino.

Distribution. East USA (Maryland, South Carolina), Mexico (Jalisco). First record from Mexico.

Biology. The holotype was reared from a cocoon found in the web of Frontinella communis (Hentz) ( Linyphiidae) in USA (Townes & Townes 1960; Gauld & Dubois 2006).