Sericoceros Konow, 1905

Malagón-Aldana, Leonardo A., Smith, David R., Vilhelmsen, Lars & Serna, Francisco, 2019, The sawflies and woodwasps (Hymenoptera: ‘ Symphyta’) of Colombia, Zootaxa 4633 (1), pp. 1-88 : 19

Sericoceros Konow, 1905

(Map of occurrence Fig. 9a )

S. dimidiatus Konow, 1908 : Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana ( Smith 1992), COLOMBIA. Caldas, Confines, Vda. Cariaño, Bosque secundario, ecotono tierra-agua, 290m, 5°48’N, 74°91’W, hand collecting, 01 January 2002, E. Mártinez leg., 1 ♀, (MEFLG). Meta, Restrepo, 570m, 4°16’21”N, 73°32’81”W, 23 October 2009, F. Barbosa y J. Iregui leg., 1 ♂, (CAUD).

S. gibbus ( Klug, 1834) ( Fig. 5d ): Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela ( Smith 1992), COLOMBIA. Meta, Santa Rosa, CIAT, 315m, 4°01’N, 73°28’W, 16 May 2014, L. Hernández leg., 1 ♀, (UNAB 1038). Host: Coccoloba manzanillensis , C. coracasana and C. guanacastensis (Polygonaceae) , in Costa Rica ( Smith1992).

Sericoceros sp.: COLOMBIA. Córdoba, Pueblo Nuevo, Cor. Puerto Santo, El Porro, 103m, 8°30’N, 75°30’W, 18 March 2006, leg., 1 ♀, ( ICN-MHN) .

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FIGURE 5. Some Argidae species from Colombia, a. Dielocerus sp. ♂ (UNAB 1637); b. Acrogymnidia palama ♀ (UNAB 704); c. Tanymeles medeus ♀ (ICN-MHN); d. Sericoceros gibbus ♀ (UNAB 1038); e. Scobina braunsi (ICN-MHN ICN_099402); f. Arge basimacula ♀ (NMNH); g. Topotrita leucocephala ♂ (UNAB 901); h. Triptenus romani ♂ (IAvH-E-151188); i. Themos surinamensis ♀ (UNAB 898), j. Manaos mulsus ♀ (UNAB 3650).

FIGURE 9. Map of occurrence, a. Subfamily Erigleninae (Eriglenum, Neurogymnia, Sericoceros); b. Acrogymnia; c. Acrogymnidia; d. Didymia.