Polyphrix varians Townes

Santos, Bernardo F., Aguiar, Alexandre P. & Tedesco, Anazélia M., 2009, Phylogenetic revision and the origin of Polyphrix Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with description of a new species, Zootaxa 2214, pp. 29-44 : 40

Polyphrix varians Townes

Polyphrix varians Townes, 1970:283 . Description, figure, distribution (corrected by Nogueira & Aguiar 2005). Holotype Ƥ AEIC.

Polyphrix varians: Carrasco, 1972:328 . Listed.

Polyphrix varians: Yu & Horstmann, 1997:284 . Listed.

Polyphrix varians: Nogueira & Aguiar, 2005:33 . Morphology, taxonomy, distribution, keyed, figure.

Polyphrix varians: Yu et al., 2005 : Listed.

The morphometric ratios provided below are mostly original information which complement the information provided by Townes (1970) and Nogueira & Aguiar (2005): CWH 1.77; CWW 1.63; MLW 2.02; MWW 0.72; MSM 0.48; FLW 6.08; SWL 1.87; APH 0.61; AWH 1.80–2.40; HW1C 0.80; T1LW 3.83; T1WW 1.66; T2LW 1.48; T2WW 2.20; OST 0.77.

Distribution records. The original description recorded the species from Óbidos, State of Pará, northern Brazil (1º54'07''S, 55º31'10''W); two other geographic records were reported by Nogueira & Aguiar (2005), from Caxiuanã, also in Pará, at about 460 km from the type locality, and from Uruaçu, state of Goiás, central Brazil (14º17.0'S 48º54.8'W). Three new records are provided here: one from Reserva Florestal Adolfo Ducke, at Manaus, Amazonas (3º00'16''S 59º56'37''W), Brazil; one from Kalacoon, Cuyuni-Mazaruni (“Bartica District” on the label), Guyana (6º24'00''N, 58º39'00''W); and one from Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Region 8, Guyana (4º40'19''N 58º41'04''W). Most distribution records, including possibly also Kalacoon, are from dense, well preserved equatorial forests, while Uruaçu is in an area of open, savannah-like vegetation, the Brazilian Cerrado.

Material examined. UFES: 1 Ƥ from BRASIL, Amazonas, Manaus, Reserva Florestal Adolpho Ducke, 1–3.X.2005, yellow pans, APAguiar. AMNH: 1 3 from GUYANA, Bartica District, Kalacoon, 20.X.1920. CNCI: 1 Ƥ from GUYANA, Region 8, Iwokrama Forest Reserve, 4º40'19''N 58º41'04''W, 100–200m, VI– VI.2001, FIT, R. Brooks & Z. Falin.