Clistopyga aenigmatica Bordera & González-Moreno, 2014

Bordera, Santiago, Palacio, Edgard & Herrera-Flórez, Andrés Fabián, 2025, The Neotropical species of Clistopyga (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae). Part VI: the C. calixtoi species group, with the description of twenty-four new species, Zootaxa 5662 (1), pp. 1-115 : 12

1. Clistopyga aenigmatica Bordera & González-Moreno, 2014

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Clistopyga aenigmatica Bordera & González-Moreno, 2014: 363 . Holotype: ♀, United States of America? (NMNH).

Diagnosis. Clistopyga aenigmatica may be distinguished from other species of the C. calixtoi species group by the following combination of characters: genal orbit widely and completely white cream ( Figs 3D–E ); mesosoma entirely black and white cream ( Figs 3A, 3D–E ); metasoma with posterior well defined white cream wide band on tergites II–V ( Fig. 3F ); hypostomal carina not lamelliform posteriorly to mandible base; propodeal spiracle small, about 0.13 the length to anterior end of pleural carina ( Fig. 3D ).

Remarks. Additional characters to the original description are as follows: hypostomal carina not lamelliform posteriorly to mandible; epomia as a short carina at the bottom of the submarginal depression of pronotum; anterior half of median lobe not conspicuously prominent, confluent with posterior half; propodeal spiracle about 0.13 the length to anterior end of pleural carina; hind leg with femur about 3.6× as long as high, 1.05× as long as tibia; wings hyaline, pterostigma blackish brown.

Type material ( 1 ♀). Holotype. United States of America: 1 ♀, Texas, Galveston (No.5611), ‘‘ S.S. Miraflores’ ’, ‘‘ Mexico in cargo’’, Div. I.D. No. 39–18479, 6.XI.1939, USNMENT 01545008 ( NMNH).

Distribution. The specimen was collected on the cargo ship S.S. Miraflores in the port of Galveston (Texas, USA). This vessel usually docked in this port carrying fruit shipments from Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Islands, therefore, the specimen could possibly have originated from any of these regions ( Bordera et al. 2014). Furthermore, the black and orange coloration pattern with extensive white markings is more consistent with the pattern of Neotropical species than with that of Nearctic species. To date, no additional specimens of this species have been found.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Clistopyga aenigmatica, female (holotype): (A) habitus (lateral view); (B) head (frontal view); (C) head (dorsal view); (D) head and mesosoma (lateral view); (E) head and mesosoma (dorsal view); (F) metasoma (dorsal view); (G) hind wing; (H) metasoma (lateral view). Scale bar: 1 mm (A, F, H); 0.5 mm (D, E, G); 0.2 mm (B, C).