NOTES ON GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION “© Check List Check List 13 (6): 707-709 https://doi.org/10.15560/13.6.707 > PENSUFT. First record of the genus Aulacophilus Smith, 1869 (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) in Panama Yostin J. Afiino, Roberto A. Cambra Museo de Invertebrados G. B. Fairchild, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Exactas y Tecnologia, Universidad de Panama, Panama. Corresponding author: Yostin J. Afiino, yostin0660@gmail.com Abstract The genus Aulacophilus Smith, 1869 (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) is recorded for the first time in Panama based on examination of female specimen of Aulacophilus chrysotrichus Antropov, 1999. Key words Chepo district; Panama province; Aulacophilus chrysotrichus, Trypoxylini; apoid wasps. Academic editor: Filippo Di Giovanni | Received 9 March 2017 | Accepted 28 August 2017 | Published 3 November 2017 Citation: Afiino YJ, Cambra RA (2017) First record of the genus Aulacophilus Smith, 1869 (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) in Panama. Check List 13 (6): 707-000. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.6.707 Introduction Aulacophilus Smith, 1869 is a genus of apoid wasps be- longing to the tribe Trypoxylini (Hymenoptera, Crabroni- dae), and includes 6, exclusively New Word species (Antropov 1999). Two species are present in Central America: A. septentrionalis Antropov, 1999 from El Sal- vador and Mexico (Antropov 1999) and A. eumenoides Ducke, 1904 from Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia (Ducke 1904, Bohart and Menke 1976, Antropov 1999). There are 4 other species, all from South America. Host larvae records for Aulacophilus are scarce and are limited to a single report of A. eumenoides Ducke from Ecuador, with the cell containing juvenile spiders of 3 species of the family Thomisidae (Cooper 1986). Like the other genera of the Trypoxylini, the members of the genus Aulacophilus are predators of Araneae (Amarante 2006). According to Antropov (1999), Aulacophilus are rare in collections, with only by occasional specimens. Here, we report the first record of A. chrysotrichus Antropov, 1999 in Panama, which is now known from 9 specimens. Methods The specimen was collected using a single Malaise trap for eight days. The specimen of A. chrysotrichus was identified using Antropov’s (1999) key to species of the genus Aulacophilus. Posteriorly, 7 photos of the specimen captured in Panama were sent to Alexander Antropov, who concluded that this specimen and a paratype are conspecific. The specimen was pinned and deposited in the Museum of Invertebrates Graham Bell Fairchild, Uni- versity of Panama (MIUP), Panama City, and assigned the code MIUPCA1. Results Aulacophilus chrysotrichus Antropov, 1999 (Fig. 1) Aulacophilus_ chrysotrichus Antropov 1999: 339-341. Holotype 9, Colombia, Tolima, Armero, malaise trap, 30.1-5.11.1977 (E.L. Peyton), USNMENT 01198537. Material examined. Panama: Panama province, Chepo Copyright Afiino and Cambra. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unre- stricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. the journal of biodiversity data 708 Check List 13 (6) Figure 1. Aulacophilus chrysotrichus Antropov, 1999, female, lateral view (MIUPCA1). district, La Primavera, 09°10' N, 079°05' W, 22 m above sea level, 26.1x—3.x.2016, col. E. Barrios, Malaise trap (1 &). Diagnosis. Aulacophilus chrysotrichus resembles A. vespoides F. Smith, 1869. Both species differ from other Species in the genus by the golden pubescence of the body, the largely pale coloration of the mandibles and humeri, the mesopleura with more than 12 longitudinal carinae below scrobe, the postscutellum without coarse longitudinal carinae, the pronotal ridge without posterior median depression, the propodeum with a short preapical depression, and the non-outlined dorsal field (Antropov ra) O VENEZUELA COLOMBIA @ Distribution of A. chrysotrichus x New Record 9°10’N, 79°05’W, 22m s Figure 2. Map showing the known distribution of the Aulacophilus chrysotrichus Antropov, 1999, including first record from Panama. Anino and Cambra | First record of the genus Aulacophilus in Panama 709 1999). Aulacophilus chrysotrichus differs from A. vespoi- des (judging from females) by the following: antennae entirely black, lateral ocelli larger than median one, propodeum with exclusively golden pubescence, side of propodeum without oblique striation, and without carinae laterally to preapical depression, while A. vespoides has antennae reddish brown basally, all ocelli equally sized, dorsal field of propodeum with narrow median carina, propodeum with golden and white pubescence, and side of propodeum densely striate, separated by clear carinae laterally to preapical depression (Antropov 1999). The only difference between them is that the paratype has somewhat lighter mandibles, pronotal lobes, and legs (A. Antropov, pers. comm. ). Discussion Here, we report the first record of the genus Aulacophilus and A. chrysotrichus from Panama, and we extend the known range of this species, previously recorded only from Colombia and Venezuela (Antropov 1999), to Pan- ama (Fig. 2). The new record is approximately 650 km northwest from the nearest known occurrence in Armero, Colombia. Nothing is known about its biology. The specimen from Panama was caught in a secondary forest, modified by human activities. Antropov (1999) indicated that specimens of the genus Aulacophilus are rare in collections, with 22 specimens examined by him in his review of the genus. However, A. chrysotrichus is the most abundant species with 8 specimens. To date, we have examined about 20,000 crabronid specimens collected in many localities and various habitats in Panama, but can confirm the pres- ence of only a single specimen from Panama. Acknowledgements We thank Alexander V. Antropov, Lomonosov Moscow State University, for confirming of the identification and bibliographic support. We are grateful to Annette Aiello, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, for improve- ment of our English and for her useful suggestions on the manuscript. Authors’ Contributions. 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