Agonocryptus rugifrons Gupta, 1982

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Agonocryptus rugifrons Gupta, 1982

( Figs 12A–I , 20D , 21L )

Agonocryptus rugifrons Gupta, 1982 . Original description, male and female, keyed, map.

Agonocryptus rugifrons: Yu et al. (2006) : Catalog.

Variation. Mesoscutum centrally without whitish yellow mark ( Figs 12F–G ) (vs. present); subtegular ridge and speculum black or with tiny whitish yellow spot ( Figs 12H–I ) (vs. entirely whitish yellow); some specimens (6/17, all from La Rioja, Argentina) with scutellum black, centrally with two whitish yellow spots, sometimes touching each other ( Figs 12F–G ) (vs. mostly whitish yellow); mesopleuron apical corner without a small whitish yellow mark (vs. present); propodeum on petiolar area without or with faint and incomplete or irregular whitish yellow mark ( Figs 12F–G ) (vs. with an inverted T-shaped yellow mark); specimens from La Rioja ( Argentina) with metapleuron entirely black ( Fig.12I ) (1/17) or with small or tiny whitish yellow spot posteriorly (7/17) (vs. dorsally with elongate mark); upper division of metapleuron black or with small whitish yellow mark (vs. whitish yellow); areolet about as long as wide (vs. rectangular, about 1.4 × as wide as high); hind wing nervellus intercepted distinctly above the middle (vs. about the middle); T1 apico-laterally with small dark yellowish marks ( Fig. 12G ) (vs. with a broad white band).

Distribution. Argentina ( Fig. 20D ). Bootstrap analysis suggests that this is the Agonocryptus species most strongly associated to high altitudes, occurring typically around 1100 m ( Fig. 21L ).

Material examined. Total of 18 specimens, 11♀, 7 ♂. ARGENTINA, 1♀,?, Catamarca Province, Sierra de Ambato, Highway 60 at 16 Km NW Chumbicho,?, 893 m, 28°48.66’0”S, 66°24.09’0”W, 1999-09-13 /15, M.E.Irwin & F.D.Parker, Malaise, 2?, CNCI • ib, 8♀, ib, La Rioja Province, La Rioja, Sierra de Argañaraz 24 Km N Chiepes, ib, 823 m, 31°12.45’0”S, 66°42.80’0”W, 1999-09-11 /16, 5ib • ib, 6 ♂, 14ib • ib, 1♀, ib, Salta Province, Rosario Lerma ,?, ib, 1327 m, 24°59’04.89”S, 65°35’00.34”W, 1991-10, M.A.Fritz, 3ib, AMNH • ib, 1♀, 1 ♂, ib, Tucumán Province, San Miguel de Tucumán, Reserva Experimental Horco Molle , ib, 603 m, 26°47’35.52”S, 65°18’58.72”W, 1968-12, C.C.Porter,?, 2ib, CNCI .

Figures

FIGURE 12. Agonocryptus rugifrons ♀, from Argentina. Habitus, head in frontal view, and dorsal view. A, B, E, specimen from Salta (1327 m); C, H, F, specimen 1 from La Rioja (823 m); D, I, G, specimen 2 from La Rioja (same collecting event). Scale bars: 1 mm.

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).