Eurytenes ormenus Walker and Wharton, 2011

Taxonomic History / Nomenclature
Eurytenes ormenus Walker and Wharton, 2011 Journal of Hymenoptera Research 20: 27-28, 38-40.
Diagnosis and Relationships
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This species is most readily recognized by the dark brown hind femur. All other species from the New World have relatively pale (whitish to dark yellow) hind femora.

Eurytenes ormenus is a small-bodied species similar in size to E. microsomus but with a more heavily sculptured propodeum and darker hind femur. Eurytenes ormenus is characterized by the long, narrow petiole, similar in form to the petiole of E. pachycephalus and E. abnormis and unlike the broader petiole of E. pachycephalus is a much larger species with a distinctly broader gena. The anterior tentorial pits of E. ormenus are slightly larger in this species than in these other species.

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1.E. ormenus habitus
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2.E. ormenus face
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3. E. ormenus head ... ↴
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4.E. ormenus mesosoma lateral
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5. E. ormenus propodeu... ↴
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6.E. ormenus fore wing
 
Distribution
Central Mexico
Distribution
No referenced distribution records have been added to the database for this OTU.
Biology / Hosts
Unknown.
Map

There are no specimens currently determined for this OTU, or those specimens determined for this OTU are not yet mappable.

Label data
Holotype: MEXICO: Guerrero 6.4 mi SW Filo de Caballo 9000 ft VII-8–1987 R. Wharton

Paratypes:
1 ♀, same data as holotype except collected by Woolley and Zolnerowich;
1 ♀, Guerrero, 7 mi SW Filo de Caballo, 12.vii.1985, J. Woolley and G. Zolnerowich.

Acknowledgements
This page was assembled by Bob Wharton as part of a revision of the New World Eurytenes s. s. published by Walker and Wharton (2011). We are most grateful to the following curators or collection managers and institutions for providing access to material used in this study: David Wahl (AEI), Paul Dessart (deceased, Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique), Bill Mason (deceased, Canadian National Collection), Jeno Papp (Natural Museum of Natural History, Budapest), Max Fischer and Herbert Zettel (NHMW), Paul Marsh and Bob Kula (USNM), and John Sivinski (USDA/ARS, Gainesville, Florida). We also thank Matt Yoder (NC State University) for his support with mx and two anonymous reviewers for useful suggestions. This work was funded by the National Science Foundation Partnerships for the Enhancement and Education in Taxonomy (NSF-PEET) Grant DEB 0328922 and associated REU supplement 1026618. Page last update February, 2013.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number DEB 0328922 and associated REU supplement 1026618.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.