Pimpla croceipes Cresson 1874: 398
Coccygomimus
Coccygomimus
P . molesta
Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: genera Apechthis Förster, Itoplectis Förster and Pimpla Fabricius
Khalaim, Andrey I.
Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique
Zootaxa
2021
2021-11-25
5071
4
451
491
4HXD8
1070301
Cresson, 1874
Cresson
1874
[181,568,1591,1618]
Insecta
Ichneumonidae
Pimpla
Animalia
Hymenoptera
17
468
Arthropoda
species
croceipes
( Fig. 29)
Pimpla croceipes Cresson 1874: 398[ ♀ ♂(ANSP), Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba]. References. Cameron 1886: 266[ Mexico( Veracruz), Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama]. Morley 1914: 63[remarks; Mexico( Guerrero), Guatemala, Panama, Costa Rica]. Cresson 1916:26[ lectotype“603”(ANSP) designated; Mexico, Veracruz]. Townes & Townes 1966: 25[ Coccygomimus; catalogue; Mexico]. Porter 1970a: 87[ Coccygomimus; description; Colombia, Ecuador]. Maes 1989: 33[catalogue; Nicaragua]. Gauld 1991: 523[description; Mexico( Guerrero), Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama]. Gauld et al. 1998: 140[in key; Costa Rica]. Hernández-Aguilar et al. 1999: 36[ Mexico( Tamaulipas)]. Díaz 2000: 248[ Venezuela]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2002: 645[checklist; Mexico]. Gauld et al. 2002: 60[ El Salvador]. Hernández-Aguilar et al. 2005: 470[ Mexico( Tamaulipas)]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2010: 66[checklist; Mexico( Tamaulipas)]. Veijalainen et al. 2011[DNA barcoding; separated from P. molesta; Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Venezuela]. Sánchez-García et al. 2015: 828[checklist; Mexico( Oaxaca)]. Khalaim et al. 2018: 23[ Mexico( Veracruz)].
Remarks.The species was described from syntypefemale(s) and male(s) (Cresson 1974: 398); later the specimen under number “603” was designated as a lectotype, but its sex was not mentioned ( Cresson 1916: 26); and only in 1966, Townes ( Townes & Townes 1966: 25) recorded that the lectotypeis female. FIGURES 28–31. Pimpla chamela sp. nov., female: 28—habitus (without head and wings), lateral. Pimpla croceipes, female: 29—habitus (without antennae and wing apices), lateral. Pimpla croceiventris, male: 30—habitus (without antennae and wing apices), lateral; 31—mesosoma, dorsal. Unfortunately, we could not confidently separate P. croceipesand P. molestaon the basis of morphological characters given by Veijalainen et al. (2011). Almost all examined Mexican specimens have subtegular ridge black or only dark reddish brown, fore coxa black or black and yellow, second tergite sparsely to closely punctate (in females), and transverse groove on the second tergite situated slightly behind its middle. Only one femalefrom Lagos de Montebello, Chiapas, has subtegular ridge conspicuously yellow marked and fore coxa 50×50 yellow and black. All examined specimens from Mexicoare considered here as P. croceipes(s. lato) but further investigation of this material is required. See also Remarkssection under P. molesta.
Material examined. MEXICO. Tamaulipas: 1 ♀( UAT) Cd. Victoria, Cañón de la Libertad, 800 m, 13.xii.1987, coll. R. MezaV. 1 ♀( UAT) same locality and collector, 1000 m, 5.iii.1988. 1 ♀( UAT) 15 kmSSW of Cd. Victoria, El Madroño, 16–18.xii.2008, coll. A.I. Khalaim. 1 ♂( UAT) same locality, 20.v.1984, coll. H. RuízC. 1 ♀( UAT) same locality and collector, 29.i.1985. 4 ♀( UAT) same locality, 23.xii.1987, coll. H. & E. RuízC., S. Arrambide. 3 ♀, 2 ♂( UAT) same locality, 1400 m, 20.i.2000, coll. E. RuízC. & J.A. Martínez Ramirez. 1 ♀( UAT) Tula, 1000 m, 7.xi.2007, coll. E. RuízC. 2 ♀( UAT) Tula, Ejido Acahuales, 1400 m, oak-forest, Malaise trap, 27.viii–10.ix and 29.x–12.xi.2016, coll. E. RuízC. & J.M. Coronado B. 1 ♂( UAT) Gómez Farías, v.1992, coll. J.M. CoronadoB. 1 ♀( UAT) Gómez Farías, Altas Cimas, Malaise trap, 4–11.xi.2000, coll. D.R. Kasparyan. 3 ♂( UAT) Gómez Farías, Canindo, Malaise trap, 20–21.vii.1994, coll. J.B. Wooley. 2 ♂( UAT) same locality and collector, 28–30.vii.1993. 1 ♀( UAT) Gómez Farías, Río El Cielo, 3.iii.1989, coll. R. Thompson. San Luis Potosí: 1 ♂( UAT) Xilitla, Las Pozas(park), 21–23.xii.2008, coll. A.I. Khalaim. Querétaro: 2 ♀( UAQ) Jalpan de Serra, 4.x.2013. 1 ♀( UAQ) Pinal de Amoles, 2.x.2013. Veracruz: 3 ♀, 6 ♂( UAT) SW of Xalapa, park near Institute de Ecología, 19°30.768’N, 96°56.349’, 1260 m, 17–18.ii.2009, coll. A.I. Khalaim. 5 ♀, 4 ♂( 3 ♀and 2 ♂in UAT, 2 ♀and 2 ♂in ZISP) same data, but 12–14.iv.2014. 1 ♂( EMEC) Fortínde las Flores, 25.xii.1963, coll. C.A. Toschi& M.J. Tauber. Morelos: 1 ♀( UAT) N of Cuernavaca, Chamilpa, 20.ix.1991, coll. G. Peña. 1 ♀( UAT) Tepoztlán, 18°59’51”N, 99°05’55”W, 1490 m, 5.iii.2010, coll. E. RuízC. 2 ♀( CIUM) Tlaquiltenango, 5 kmW of Santiopa, 18.44701°N, 98.98758°W, 1005 m, 5.x.2013, coll. J.A. Hernández et al. Oaxaca: 1 ♀, 2 ♂( UNAM) Santiago Comaltepec, La Esperanza, N17.02661º, W 96.36950º, 1600 m, Malaise trap, 1.vii–12.viii.2008, coll. A. Lopez García. 2 ♀( UNAM) Santiago Comaltepec, N 17.58429º, W 96.49398º, 2332 m, 6.vi.2009, coll. H. Clebsch& A. ZaldívarR. 3 ♂( TAMU) 15.1 mi.N of San Gabriel Mixtepec, 3850 ft.(= 1175 m), Highway131, 11.vii.1987, coll. R. Wharton. Chiapas: 10 ♀( UANL, UAT) Reserva El Triunfo, 15 kmS of La Trinitaria, Palo Gordo, 20–22.vii.1997, coll. A. GonzálezH. 1 ♀( UAT) 50 kmSSE of Comitán, National Park Lagos de Montebello, 16°06.223’N, 91°44.072’W, 1450 m, mixed forest with pines, 5–6.iii.2013, coll. A.I. Khalaim. 1 ♂( UAT) 50 kmESE of Comitán, National Park Lagos de Montebello, 16.106551, -91.705158, 1500 m, 8.viii.2021, coll. A.I. Khalaim. 1 ♀( UAT) 40 kmE of Comitán, National Park Lagos de Montebello, 16.132282, -91.729243, 9.viii.2021, coll. A.I. Khalaim. 1 ♂( TAMU) Lagunas de Montebello[National Park], Laguna Cinco Lagos, 11.viii.1990, coll. J.C. Schaffner. 1 ♂( TAMU) Reserva El Triunfo, Sendero Palo Gordo, 6400 ft.(= 1950 m), screen sweep, 21.vii.1977, coll. J.B. Woolley. 1 ♀, 4 ♂( TAMU) Reserva El Triunfo, 6620 ft.(= 2020 m), 14–23.vii.1997, coll. J.B. Woolley. 1 ♀( TAMU) 4 kmW of San Cristóbal[de las Casas], SanFelipe, 2200 m, oak-grass woodlands, 24–28.viii.1990, coll. R.W. Jones. 1 ♀( TAMU) 4 kmW of San Cristóbal[de las Casas], Reserva Huitepec, 7800 ft.(= 2380 m), cloud forest, Malaise trap, 5.x–25.xi.1990, coll. R.W. Jones. 2 ♀, 2 ♂( TAMU) Municipio San Cristóbal, Reserva Huitepec, Malaise trap, 8–28.viii.1990, coll. R.W. Jones. PANAMA. 1 ♂( TAMU) Chiriquí Prov., Lagunas del Volcán, 5 kmSW of Volcán, 8°45’52”N, 82°40’33”W, 4220 ft.(= 1285 m), 30.vii.1999, coll. J.B. Woolley.
Distribution. Mexico( Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, Veracruz, Morelos, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas), Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela.
Biology. Gauld (1991)noticed that the colour pattern of P. croceipesis the same as that of some very common sympatric species of AuplopusSpinola( Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) and, in flight, P. croceipesmay easily be confused with these species. Moreover, P. croceipes, as far as P. molesta, seems to share a mimicry pattern with a Lissonotaspecies( Ichneumonidae: Banchinae) being involved in mimicry complexes characterized by black colouration with lower body parts being bright yellow ( Veijalainen et al. 2011: 66).
3411841452
[333,523,1696,1720]
ANSP
Mexico
Orizaba
17
468
2
1
1
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
3411841464
1987-12-13
UAT
R. Meza
Mexico
800
Cd
19
470
1
1
Tamaulipas
3411841408
[337,985,294,321]
1988-03-05
UAT
R. Meza
Mexico
1000
Cd
19
470
1
1
Tamaulipas
3411841417
2008-12-16
2008-12-18
2008-12-16
UAT
A. I. Khalaim.
Mexico
Cd.
19
470
1
1
Tamaulipas
3411841373
[705,1270,331,357]
1984-05-20
2008-12-18
2008-12-16
UAT
H. Ruiz
Mexico
Cd.
19
470
1
1
Tamaulipas
3411841430
1985-01-29
2008-12-18
2008-12-16
UAT
H. Ruiz
Mexico
Cd.
19
470
1
1
Tamaulipas
3411841477
[589,1231,367,393]
1987-12-23
2008-12-18
2008-12-16
UAT
H. & E. Ruiz
Mexico
Cd.
19
470
4
4
Tamaulipas
3411841305
[151,853,403,429]
2000-01-20
2008-12-18
2008-12-16
UAT
E. Ruiz
Mexico
1400
Cd.
19
470
5
3
2
Tamaulipas
3411841331
2007-11-07
UAT
E. Ruiz
Mexico
1000
Tula
19
470
1
1
Tamaulipas
3411841333
2016-10-29
2016-11-12
2016-10-29
UAT
E. Ruiz
Mexico
1400
Ejido Acahuales
Tula
19
470
2
2
Tamaulipas
3411841439
[767,1381,475,501]
1992-05
UAT
J. M. Coronado
Mexico
Gomez Farias
19
470
1
1
Tamaulipas
3411841392
2000-11-04
2000-11-11
2000-11-04
UAT
D. R. Kasparyan.
Mexico
Altas Cimas
Gomez Farias
19
470
1
1
Tamaulipas
3411841475
1994-07-20
1994-07-21
1994-07-20
UAT
J. B. Wooley.
Mexico
Canindo
Gomez Farias
19
470
3
3
Tamaulipas
3411841338
[809,1433,547,573]
1993-07-28
1993-07-30
1993-07-28
UAT
J. B. Wooley.
Mexico
Canindo
Gomez Farias
19
470
2
2
Tamaulipas
3411841315
[151,960,583,609]
1989-03-03
UAT
R. Thompson.
Mexico
Rio El Cielo
Gomez Farias
19
470
1
1
Tamaulipas
3411841397
2008-12-21
2008-12-23
2008-12-21
UAT
A. I. Khalaim.
Mexico
Las Pozas
Xilitla
19
470
1
1
San Luis Potosi
3411841448
[716,1291,618,645]
2013-10-04
UAQ
Mexico
Jalpan de Serra
19
470
2
2
Queretaro de Arteaga
3411841327
2013-10-02
UAQ
Mexico
Pinal de Amoles
19
470
1
1
Queretaro
3411841435
2009-02-17
2009-02-18
2009-02-17
UAT
A. I. Khalaim.
Mexico
1260
19.5128
Institute de Ecologia
19
470
9
3
6
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
3411841443
2014-04-12
2014-04-14
2014-04-12
ZISP
A. I. Khalaim.
Mexico
1260
19.5128
Institute de Ecologia
19
470
18
10
8
Veracruz
3411841456
[429,1323,726,753]
1963-12-25
EMEC
C. A. Toschi & M. J. Tauber.
Mexico
Flores
Fortin
19
470
1
1
Veracruz
3411841335
1991-09-20
UAT
G. Pena.
Mexico
Chamilpa
Cuernavaca
19
470
1
1
Morelos
3411841343
2010-03-05
UAT
E. Ruiz
Mexico
1490
18.9975
Tepoztlan
21
-99.09861
19
470
1
1
Morelos
3411841349
2013-10-05
CIUM
J. A. Hernandez
Mexico
1005
18.44701
Tlaquiltenango
1
-98.98758
19
470
2
2
Morelos
3411841450
2008-07-01
2008-08-12
2008-07-01
UNAM
La Esperanza, N & A. Lopez Garcia.
Mexico
1600
Santiago Comaltepec
19
470
3
1
2
Oaxaca
3411841436
2009-06-06
UNAM
H. Clebsch & A. Zaldivar
Mexico
2332
Santiago Comaltepec
19
470
2
2
Oaxaca
3411841471
1987-07-11
TAMU
R. Wharton.
Mexico
1173
Highway
19
470
3
3
Oaxaca
3411841391
1997-07-20
1997-07-22
1997-07-20
UANL, UAT
Reserva El Triunfo & A. Gonzalez
Mexico
Palo Gordo
19
470
10
10
Chiapas
3411841440
2013-03-05
2013-03-06
2013-03-05
UAT
A. I. Khalaim.
Mexico
1450
16.103716
National Park Lagos de Montebello
1
-91.734535
19
470
1
1
Chiapas
3411841445
2021-08-08
UAT
A. I. Khalaim.
Mexico
1500
16.10655
National Park Lagos de Montebello
1
-91.705154
19
470
1
1
Chiapas
3411841355
2021-08-09
UAT
A. I. Khalaim.
Mexico
16.132282
National Park Lagos de Montebello
1
-91.72924
19
470
1
1
Chiapas
3411841421
1990-08-11
TAMU
J. C. Schaffner.
Mexico
Laguna Cinco Lagos
Lagunas de Montebello
19
470
1
1
Chiapas
3411841395
1977-07-21
TAMU
Reserva El Triunfo & J. B. Woolley.
Mexico
1951
Sendero Palo Gordo
19
470
1
1
Chiapas
3411841393
1997-07-14
1997-07-23
1997-07-14
TAMU
J. B. Woolley.
Mexico
2018
Reserva El Triunfo
19
470
5
1
4
Chiapas
3411841314
1990-08-24
1990-08-28
1990-08-24
TAMU
R. W. Jones.
Mexico
2200
San
19
470
1
1
Chiapas
3411841407
1990-10-05
1990-11-25
1990-10-05
TAMU
R. W. Jones.
Mexico
2377
Reserva Huitepec
19
470
1
1
Chiapas
3411841323
1990-08-08
1990-08-28
1990-08-08
TAMU
R. W. Jones.
Mexico
Reserva Huitepec
San Cristobal
19
470
4
2
2
Chiapas
3411841390
[352,641,1374,1401]
TAMU
Panama
PANAMA
19
470
1
1
Chiapas
3411841462
1999-07-30
J. B. Woolley.
Panama
1286
8.764444
Lagunas del Volcan
21
-82.67583
19
470
1
Chiriqui