Agonocryptus chichimecus ( Cresson, 1874 ) Supeleto & Aguiar, 2022

Supeleto, Fernanda A. & Aguiar, Alexandre P., 2022, One hundred new records, a new species, and the first pictures of Agonocryptus Cushman (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), Zootaxa 5178 (6), pp. 547-576 : 553-554

Agonocryptus chichimecus ( Cresson, 1874) stat. nov.

( Figs 4A–F , 18H , 21B )

Mesostenus (Mesostenus) chichimecus Cresson, 1874 . Original description, keyed.

Mesostenus chichimecus: Cresson, 1916 . New status, lectotype designation [invalid].

Agonocryptus chichimecus: Cushman, 1929 . Generic transfer.

Agonocryptus chichimecus: Townes, 1946 . Listed.

Agonocryptus chichimecus: Townes & Townes, 1966 . Catalog.

Agonocryptus chichimecus: Gupta, 1982 . Subspecies assignment, description, male and female, keyed, hosts.

Agonocryptus chichimecus: Yu et al., 2006 . Catalog.

Variation. Prepectal carina reaching 0.90–0.95 of distance to subtegular ridge (vs. reaching subtegular ridge); second recurrent vein meeting areolet at middle (vs. apical 0.3–0.4); first and second intercubiti about same length (vs. first intercubitus shorter than second); nervellus intercepted a little above its middle (vs. at middle); wings apically light infuscate (vs. hyaline); hind femur dorsally light brown (vs. black); hind tibia basally blackish (vs. entirely yellow); T3 basally blackish, centrally light brown, apically yellow ( Fig. 4F ) (vs. basally black, apically yellow); T4–8 basally light brown ( Fig. 4F ) (vs. black).

Distribution. Mexico (Cordoba, Nuevo Leon, Orizaba, Quintana Roo NR, San Rafael, Sinaloa NR, Tamaulipas, Vera Cruz, Veracruz, Yucatan) ( Fig. 18H ). Bootstrap analysis suggests that this species occurs typically between 100–500 m, like most Agonocryptus spp. ( Fig. 20B ).

Material examined. Total of 2♀. MEXICO, 1♀, Quintana Roo, 2?, Akumal environs,?, 5 m, 20°23’45.40”N, 87°18’57.27”W, 2004-03-01, L.Masner, YPT, 2?, CNCI • 2ib, Sinaloa State, ib, Mazatlán ,?, ib, 30 m, 23°14’57.89”N, 106°24’40.11”W, 3?, ib, 6, AMNH .

Figures

FIGURE 4. Agonocryptus chichimecus ♀, from Mexico. Habitus, head in frontal view, and dorsal view. A–C, specimen from Quintana Roo (5 m); D–F, specimen from Mazatlán (30 m). Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURE 18. All known distribution records forAgonocryptus spp.Species presented in alphabetical order.Previously published data plotted as circles, new records as triangles.

FIGURE 20. All known distribution records forAgonocryptus spp.Species presented in alphabetical order.Previously published data plotted as circles, new records as triangles.

FIGURE 21. Typical elevation, in meters, for species of Agonocryptus with 6 or more confirmed records (N). Each histogram built from 200 bootstrap resampling. Results are sorted from lowest to highest average. Alphabetically: A. adustus (K); A. chichimecus (B); A. discoidaloides (A); A. flavosternum (C); A. fumosus (F); A. lioneli (D); A. nigristernum (H); A. physocnemis (J); A. rufithorax (E); A. rugifrons (L); A. russulus (G); A. varus (I).