Polysphincta thoracica ( Cresson, 1874 )

Khalaim, Andrey I., Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique & Coronado-Blanco, Juana María, 2024, Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: Polysphincta genus-group, Zootaxa 5458 (2), pp. 151-196 : 182

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5458.2.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3434A429-E512-4C57-B0C0-8B95E74DC31C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11369921
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F68792-FFB6-FF88-FF7F-22B6FCF9522B
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Polysphincta thoracica ( Cresson, 1874 )
status

Treatment

6. Polysphincta thoracica ( Cresson, 1874) View in CoL

Epimecis? thoracicus Cresson 1874: 395 View in CoL [ ♀ (ANSP), Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba ].

References. Cameron 1886: 270 [ Epimecis (?) thoracica View in CoL ; Mexico ( Veracruz)]. Morley 1914 a: 7 [ Epimecis View in CoL ; in key]. Cresson 1916: 59 [ lectotype ♀ (ANSP) designated; Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba]. Townes & Townes 1966: 18 [catalogue; Mexico]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2002: 645 [checklist; Mexico]. Gauld 1991: 309 [“Central Mexico ”]. Kumagai & Graf 2000: 162 [ Brazil ( Paraná)]. Kumagai & Graf 2002: 450 [ Brazil ( Paraná)].

Remarks. According to the original description ( Cresson 1874: 395), female has head and antenna black; mesosoma predominantly yellow with “extreme tips of metathorax” black; legs predominantly yellow with black markings; fore tarsus black apically; mid and hind tarsi black; hind trochanter black; hind femur at base and subapically black; hind tibia black except centrally on outer side; metasoma black; ovipositor half as long as metasoma.

Record of this species from Brazil requires verification.

Distribution. Mexico ( Veracruz),? Brazil ( Paraná).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Ichneumonidae
SubFamily	Pimplinae
Genus	Polysphincta