First record of the Darwin wasp Hymenoepimecis Viereck, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from Argentina and Bolivia, with description of a new species
Author
Pádua, Diego G.
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia-INPA, Av. André Araújo, 2936, Petrópolis, CEP 69067 - 375, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-07-27
5169
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49
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journal article
107007
10.11646/zootaxa.5169.1.4
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Hymenoepimecis ribeiroi
Pádua & Sobczak, 2015
(
Fig. 4A–H
)
Diagnosis.
1) body orange, except the head, hind leg, and posterior part of metasoma black; 2) fore wing hyaline yellowish, with two black bands; 3) head, in dorsal view, with gena slightly convex behind eyes; 4) face smooth and without a carina; 5) occipital carina slightly curved and reduced dorsally; 6) pronotum with the pocket-like structure not reduced longitudinally; 7) epicnemial carina absent; 8) sternite I with a low, rounded swelling posteriorly; 9) female with tarsal claw with square lobe, and with apex overtaking the lobe (tarsal claw single in males); 10) female with ovipositor sheath 0.75–0.9 × as long as the hind tibia.
Distribution.
Brazil
,
French Guiana
, and
Peru
. This is the first record of the species and genus for
Argentina
(
Fig. 7D
).
Biological notes.
Host unknown.
Material examined.
ARGENTINA
:
Misiones
,
Cataratas Iguazu
,
06–12.XI.1970
(
C. Porter
&
L. Stange
leg.),
1♂
,
FSCA
;
idem,
but Malaise trap
in sub-tropical wet forest,
01–31.I.2001
(
P. Fidalgo
leg.),
1♀
,
FSCA
.