Neotheronia charli Gauld, 1991

Khalaim, Andrey I. & Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique, 2021, Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: genera Neotheronia Krieger, Nomosphecia Gupta and Xanthopimpla Saussure, Zootaxa 4950 (3), pp. 401-440 : 408

4. Neotheronia charli Gauld, 1991

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Neotheronia charli Gauld 1991: 462 [holotype ♀ (INBio), Costa Rica, Guanacaste Prov., Guanacaste National Park, Estación Pitilla , 650 m, vi.1988, coll. I.D. Gauld & P. Mitchell (examined); ♀ ♂].

References. Gauld et al. 1998: 131 [in key; Costa Rica]. Gauld et al. 2002: 72 [ El Salvador].

Material examined. MEXICO. Veracruz: 1 ♀ ( UNAM) San Andrés, Biological Station Los Tuxtlas, 210 m, Malaise trap, 16.vi–24.vii.2013, coll. M. Madora. 1 ♂ ( UNAM) same data, but 155 m, 17.ix–15.x.2013 . Yucatán: 1 ♂ (UAT) Corral “SMSC”, vii.1999, coll. Hugo Delfin.

Variation. Specimens from Mexico have first metasomal tergite with lateromedian longitudinal carinae not exceptionally sharp, present only anteriorly and not reaching the level of spiracles.

Distribution. Mexico (Veracruz, Yucatán), El Salvador, Costa Rica. First record from Mexico.

Figures

FIGURES 20–24. Neotheronia altacima sp. nov., ♀: 20—head, dorso-postero-lateral; 21—propodeum, dorsal. Neotheronia bonita sp. nov., ♀: 22—propodeum, dorsal; 23—hind tarsus, lateral. Neotheronia charli, ♀: 24—propodeum, dorsal.