Xanthopimpla aurita Krieger 1914
Creators: name: Gómez, Isrrael C.
name: Sääksjärvi, Ilari E.
name: Broad, Gavin R.
name: Puhakka, Liisa
name: Castillo, Carol
name: Peña, Carlos
name: Pádua, Diego G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Xanthopimpla
Xanthopimpla aurita

description: Xanthopimpla aurita Krieger 1914
(Figs. 5 b, 6b, 7b)
Original description. See Krieger (1914).
Re-descriptions in English. See Townes (1969) and Gauld (1991).
Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from all other Neotropical Xanthopimpla by the combination of the following characters: 1) occipital carina incomplete, expanded into a high thin flange only basally; 2) posterior transverse carina bowed in the center; 3) ovipositor with 11 teeth on lower valve; and 4) ovipositor sheath about 0.9 to 1.2 times as long as hind tibia.
Distribution. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Venezuela.
Material examined. Brazil: Female (INPA): Dept. of Amazonas, Manaus. Ribeiro, Vidal & Vidal leg. Malaise trap, VII.2001. Female (INPA): Dept. of Rondônia, Ouro Preto do Oeste. Rafael & Vidal leg. Malaise trap, VII.1995. Female (BMNH): Papagaio. Smith leg. 1904. Female (BMNH): Dos Arroyos. Smith leg. 1904. Female (MZUSP): Dept. of São Paulo, Ubatuba. 200 m. Santos & Scott-Santos leg. Malaise trap, 15–18.I.2006. Female (MZUSP): Dept. of São Paulo, Barueri. XII.1960. K. Lenko leg.
Colombia: Female (BMNH): Putumayo, Villa Garzon. 400 m. Cooper leg. 1984.
Costa Rica: Female (BMNH) Guanacaste National Park, Estacion pitilla, 680 m. Gauld & Mitchell leg. V– VI. X.1988. Female (BMNH) Guanacaste National Park, Santa Rosa sector, coastal forest. 10– 20 m. Gauld & Mitchell leg. VII–VIII.1988. Female (BMNH) San Antonio de Ecazu, 1300 m. Eberhard & Gauld leg. V.1988. Male (BMNH) San Antonio de Ecazu, 1300 m. Eberhard & Gauld leg. XII.1988 – I.1989. Male (BMNH), Santa Rosa National Park, 0– 10 m. Eberhard & Gauld leg. VII.1988.
Ecuador: Female (BMNH): Sucumbios, Pañacocha. 400 m. Cooper leg. 2000. Female (NHRS): Napo, Yasuni National Park. Pape & Viklund leg. Malaise trap 00°38’ S, 76°36’ W, 3–20.XI. 1998.
Peru: Female (UNSM): Peru, Dept. of Loreto, Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana. 3°58’35 S, 73°25’57 W, 124 m. Gómez & Sääksjärvi leg Malaise trap. XII.2011. Female (ZMUT): as above but 28.XI–4.XII. 2011. Female (ZMUT): as above but 4.X–7.XI.2011. Male (ZMUT): as above but 31.X–6.XI.2011. Male (ZMUT): as above but 28.XI–4.XII. 2011. Female (ZMUT): Peru, Dept. of Loreto, Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana. Varillal, Sääksjärvi et al. leg Malaise trap E1(8) 29.VI.2000. Female (ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap 16.VIII– 1.IX.1998. Female (ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap I1 20.I.2000. Female (ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap F1(15) 8.X.2000. Female (ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap G3(16) 21.XII.2000. Female (ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap I1 (16) 15.XII.2000. Female (ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap E2(1) 22.II.2000. Female (ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap E1 (8) 29.VI.2000. Female (ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap G1 23.I.2001. Female (ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap C2(2) 4–18.IX.1998. Male (ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap H 1.XII.2000. Male (ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap E1(17) 28.XII.2000. Male (ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap G2(15) 8.XI.2000. Male (ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap F1(3) 8.III.2000. Male (ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap E1(3) 24.III.2000. Male (ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap E1(14) 15.X.2000. Male (ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap E1(2) 7.III.2000. Male (ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap I1 20.01.2001. Male (ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap E1(11) 18.VIII.2000. Male (ZMUT): as above but Malaise trap Female (ZMUT): Peru, Dept. of Madre de Dios, Los Amigos, Isrrael Gómez leg, Malaise trap. VII.2008.
Notes. The species is recorded here for the first time from Ecuador and Colombia.
description: Published as part of Gómez, Isrrael C., Sääksjärvi, Ilari E., Broad, Gavin R., Puhakka, Liisa, Castillo, Carol, Peña, Carlos & Pádua, Diego G., 2014, The Neotropical species of Xanthopimpla Saussure (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae), pp. 57-73 in Zootaxa 3774 (1) on pages 67-68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3774.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/285718