7. Neotheronia donovani Gauld, 1991

Neotheronia donovani Gauld 1991: 437 [holotype ♀ (INBio), Costa Rica, Guanacaste Prov., Guanacaste National Park, Sector Santa Rosa, 300 m, viii–xii.1984, coll. D. Janzen (examined); ♀ ♂].

References. Gauld et al. 1998: 132 [in key; Costa Rica]. Kumagai & Graf 2002: 450 [? Brazil (Paraná)]. Kumagai 2002: 192 [Brazil (Minas Gerais)].

Material examined. MEXICO. Tamaulipas: 1 ♀ (UAT) NW of Cd. Victoria, Los Troncones (park), 27.ii.2009, coll. A.I. Khalaim. Jalisco: 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (UAT) La Huerta, Biological Station Chamela, 600 m, Malaise trap, 15– 20.vii.1999, coll. M.A. Sarmiento. Veracruz: 2 ♀ (UAT, ZISP) SW of Xalapa, park near Institute de Ecología, 19°30.768’N, 96°56.349’W, 1260 m, 12–14.iv.2014, coll. A.I. Khalaim. COSTA RICA. 1 ♀ (UAT) Guanacaste Prov., Guanacaste National Park, Maritza Biological Station, Volcán Orosí, 560 m, vi.1988, coll. I.D. Gauld & P. Mitchell (det. I.D. Gauld) .

Distribution. Mexico (Tamaulipas, Jalisco, Veracruz), Costa Rica,?Brazil. First record from Mexico.

Biology. Reared from Eunica monima modesta (Bates) ( Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) on Bursera simaruba (L.) ( Burseraceae) in Costa Rica; fully grown the parasitoid larva spins a loose coarsely woven cocoon within the host pupa (Gauld 1991). Probably parasitize in pupae of Syssphinx molina (Cramer) ( Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) (Gauld 1991).