Schizopyga circulator pulchra Walley, 1936

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 : 184

Schizopyga circulator pulchra Walley, 1936

( Figs 65–71 )

Schizopyga circulator pulchra Walley 1936: 20 [holotype ♀ (CNC), Canada, Ontario, Moosonee , 17.vii.1934, coll. G.S. Walley; ♀, Canada (Mantioba), USA (New Jersey)].

References. Townes 1944: 56 [catalogue; S. pulchra ]. Townes & Townes 1960: 226 [ S. pulchra ; description; Canada, northeast USA]. Greenbaum 1974 [ S. pulchra ; USA (Florida)]. Kasparyan 1976: 70 [ S. circulator pulchra ; Russia (Siberia, Far East)]. Carlson 1979: 335 [catalogue; S. pulchra ].

Material examined. MEXICO. Hidalgo: 1 ♀ ( UAT) 7 km NE of Tula de Allende , 20°05.257’N, 99°18.030’W, 2070 m, 26.x.2011, coll. A.I. Khalaim.

Distribution. East Palaearctic region, Canada, USA (northeast and southeast, from Minnesota to North Carolina and Florida), Mexico (Hidalgo). First record of genus and species from Mexico.

Figures

FIGURES 65–69. Schizopyga circulator pulchra, ♀ (Hidalgo): 65—habitus, lateral; 66—head, antero-ventro-lateral; 67— head, front; 68—apex of metasoma with ovipositor, lateral; 69—metasoma posterior to first tergite, dorsal.

FIGURES 70–74. Schizopyga circulator pulchra, ♀ (Hidalgo): 70—head and mesosoma, lateral; 71—hind leg, lateral. Schizopyga frigida, ♀ (USA, Maryland): 72—habitus, lateral; 73—mesosoma, lateral; 74—hind leg, lateral.