7. Scambus flavipes (Cameron, 1904) Epiurus flavipes Cameron 1904: 258 [♀ (BMNH), Mexico]. References. Morley 1914: 29 [syn. of Exeristes coxata (Smith) (see Remarks under Calliephialtes coxata]. Townes & Townes 1960: 77 [Scambus (Erythroscambus)]. Townes & Townes 1966: 10 [catalogue; syn. of Scambus coxatus (Smith) (see Remarks under Calliephialtes coxata)]. Gauld 1991: 169, 185 [Scambus, ex syn.]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2002: 645 [checklist; Mexico]. Gauld et al. 2002: 33 [El Salvador]. Remarks. Gauld (1991: 175) noted that this species closely resembles the Costa Rican S. espinozai Gauld, but differs in having a distal abscissa of Cu 1 in the hind wing (absent in S. espinozai) and tergites 2–4 only with isolated coarse punctures centrally (far more densely punctate in S. espinozai). See also Remarks section under S. albipes. Scambus flavipes has hind coxa orange, metasoma blackish, second tergite subquadrate, almost 0.9× as long as broad and with scattered punctures centrally (Gauld et al. 2002). Distribution. Mexico, El Salvador.

Published as part of Khalaim, Andrey I. & Ruíz-Cancino, Enrique, 2022, Darwin wasps of the subfamily Pimplinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Mexico: Ephialtes genus-group, pp. 201-251 in Zootaxa 5169 (3) on pages 236-237, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5169.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6952172