Isocondylus elongatus (Lepeletier & Serville, 1825)

Isocondylus elongatus (Lepeletier & Serville, 1825) View in CoL

Isocondylus elongatus View in CoL is the only species of Isocondylus Amyot & Serville, 1843 View in CoL , and both were redescribed by Coscarón et al. (2008). Both the genus and the species are recognized by generic characteristics such as the short postantennal tubercles, an unarmed hind lobe disk in the pronotum ( Stål 1872) and a flat scutellum ( Coscarón et al. 2008). Additionally, the elongated body, measuring about 20 to 30 mm in length ( Coscarón et al. 2008; HRG-S pers. obs.) and the general coloration and structure make its identification easy ( Fig. 4C View Figures 4 ). As a result of field observations, Gil-Santana and Zeraik (2003) suggested that adults of I. elongatus View in CoL , when disturbed, vibrate their wings and abdomen, similarly to the behavior of wasps occurring in the same region [e.g., Apoica pallens (Fabricius, 1804) View in CoL ; Hymenoptera View in CoL : Vespidae View in CoL ]. They stated that similarities of the coloration seemed to reinforce the apparent mimicry. No record of prey of this species was found in the literature.

Distribution. Argentina, Brazil and Bolivia ( Maldonado Capriles 1990), Colombia ( Forero 2006), Venezuela ( Coscarón et al. 2008) and French Guiana ( Gil-Santana 2022).