Eiphosoma fluminense, Costa Lima, 1953

Cuéllar-Ramírez, Mauricio, Ramos-Pastrana, Yardany & Fernandes, Daniell R. R., 2023, Five new species of Eiphosoma Cresson, 1865 (Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae) from Colombia, new records, and a key to Colombian species, Zootaxa 5330 (4), pp. 451-491 : 469

Eiphosoma fluminense Costa Lima, 1953

Figs 50–56

Diagnosis. Head with black occipital area just touching the eye margin ( Figs 50–52 ); mesopleuron with central striate area ( Figs 50–51 ); mesoscutellum with yellow stripes joined in the middle region and extends to the posterior region ( Fig. 53 ); propodeum centrally rugose with anterior transverse carinae complete and carina posterior incomplete, with black stripe only centrally ( Fig. 54 ); fore wing hyaline, with vein 3 rs-m present in lenticular format ( Fig. 55 ) (Costa Lima 1953).

Examined material. 5♀. Colombia, Caquetá: San Vicente del Caguán, Vereda Alto Quebradón, finca Veracruz , 02°17’52”N, 74°44’15” W, 314 m, 15–29.III.2017, trampa Malaise en cultivo de caña ( Saccharum officinarum ), Y. Ramos-Pastrana (1♀, LEUA –53641) ; idem 01–15.II.2017 (1♀, LEUA –53643) ; idem 09–23.XI.2016 (1♀, LEUA –53644) , idem 26.X.–09.XI.2016 (1♀, LEUA –53645) ; idem Albania, Vereda Florida 1, finca San Isidro , 01°14’50”N, 75°52’34”W, 295 m, 04–18.I.2017, trampa Malaise en bosque secundario-suelo, Y. Ramos-Pastrana (1♀, LEUA –53642) .

New World geographical distribution. Brazil (S„o Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); Colombia (Caquetá *) ( Onody et al. 2012; Yu et al. 2016; Fernandes et al. 2023). ( Fig. 56 ).

Habitat. The specimens were collected with Malaise-type flight interception traps at ground level in secondary forest and cultivated sugarcane. The vegetation of the collection site corresponds to Amazonian lowland forest.

Hosts. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 56. Geographic distribution of Eiphosoma fluminense Costa Lima, 1953. Yellow circles represent new records and red represent previous records.

FIGURES 50–55. Eiphosoma fluminense Costa Lima, 1953 (LEUA–53641). Female. 50, Habitus, lateral view; 51, Head and mesosoma, lateral view; 52, Head, anterior view; 53, Head, mesoscutum and scutellum, dorsal view; 54, Scutellum and propodeum, dorsal view; 55, Wings.