Anastelgis garciai Gauld 1991

Anastelgis garciai Gauld, 1991 (Fig. 2E) Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from all other Neotropical Anastelgis by the combination of the following characters: 1) body entirely reddish brown (propodeum more or less entirely reddish brown); 2) tegula reddish or infuscate; 3) epomia usually vestigial, generally just discernible as an indistinct rounded swelling; 4) submetapleural carina moderately strong, in lateral view clearly visible its entire length; 5) tergite III subquadrate to elongate, 1.1–1.6× longer than broad; 6) tergite II centrally virtually impunctate, at most with very scattered isolated punctures; 7) upper tooth of mandible blunt, very much broader than lower tooth (Gauld 1991). Distribution. Belize; Colombia (Arauca; Antioquia *); Costa Rica. Material examined. COLOMBIA, Mcpio [=Municipio] Andes, Antioquia, Mesenia-Paramillo Nature Reserve, El Oso, entomological net, N 5°29′54.5″, E 75°54′35.7″, 2.500 msnm, 09.VIII.2020 (J. Jaramillo leg.), 1♀, UNIANDES; idem, but Mcpio [=Municipio] Jardín, sweep net, N 5°29′, E 75°54′, 25.III.2020 (J. Jaramillo leg.), 1♀, UNIANDES.
Published as part of Pádua, Diego G., Fernandes, Daniell R. R., Araujo, Rodrigo O. & Mazariegos, Luis A., 2023, Filling gaps in the knowledge of the Colombian Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): new records, description of unknown males, and taxonomical notes, pp. 61-70 in Zootaxa 5244 (1) on page 65, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5244.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/7645791
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