The Peruvian Amazonian species of Epirhyssa Cresson (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Rhyssinae), with notes on tropical species richness
Author
Gómez, Isrrael C.
Author
Sääksjärvi, Ilari E.
Author
Puhakka, Liisa
Author
Castillo, Carol
Author
Bordera, Santiago
text
Zootaxa
2015
3937
2
311
336
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3937.2.4
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1175-5326
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Epirhyssa lygra
Porter 1978
Diagnosis
. This species can be distinguished from all other Neotropical
Epirhyssa
by the combination of the following characters: 1) occipital carina joining hypostomal carina; 2) tergite I elongate, about 2.7 times as long as posteriorly broad; 3) propodeum smooth and polished, with median longitudinal depression; and 4) submetapleural carina sharp throughout.
Distribution.
Peru
.
Biological notes
. Only one specimen (
holotype
) is known to occur in Central Peruvian Amazonia.