Exetastes gauldi Khalaim & Ruíz-Cancino, 2012

Khalaim, Andrey I., Kasparyan, Dmitri R. & López-Ortega, Maurilio, 2018, New records and descriptions of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) from Mexico, Zootaxa 4486 (1), pp. 1-30 : 3

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4486.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5954510
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scientific name	Exetastes gauldi Khalaim & Ruíz-Cancino, 2012
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4. Exetastes gauldi Khalaim & Ruíz-Cancino, 2012

References. Khalaim & Ruíz-Cancino 2012: 374.

Remarks. Both examined specimens generally well correspond with the original description of this species but female from Oaxaca has mesosoma mostly reddish brown with a few blackish and yellow markings and metasoma entirely reddish brown without fuscous bands, and female from Veracruz has mesopleuron paler, predominantly yellow to orange brown, with only small blackish markings on speculum and below the subtegular ridge.

Material examined. Oaxaca: 1 ♀ ( UNAM) Santiago Comaltepec , N 17.56533, W 96.49557, 3104 m, subalpine dwarf forest, 18–20.VI.2007, coll. H. Clebsch GoogleMaps . Veracruz: 1 ♀ ( UNAM) Municipio Teocelo, Tejerias , N 19°21′, W 96°54′, 924 m, Malaise trap, 28.VI–23.VII.2015, coll. M. López-Ortega. GoogleMaps

Distribution. Mexico (Chiapas, * Oaxaca, * Veracruz, Yucatán).