The Brazilian Amazonian species of Hymenoepimecis Viereck, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) Author Pádua, Diego G. Author Oliveira, Marcio L. Author Onody, Helena C. Author Sobczak, Jober F. Author Sääksjärvi, Ilari E. Author Gómez, Isrrael C. text Zootaxa 2015 4058 2 175 194 journal article 39261 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.2.2 48174203-9c73-4384-b257-552b4176f0f8 1175-5326 245261 6857F19D-44C3-4264-9E89-A4232D62D23E Hymenoepimecis bicolor ( Brullé, 1846 ) ( Figs 27–30 ) Epimecis bicolor Brullé, 1846 : 113 . Hymenoepimecis bicolor ; Viereck, 1912: 149. Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from all other Hymenoepimecis by the combination of the following characters: 1) fore wing hyaline, with apex blackish; 2) metasoma orange, with posterior margins of tergites II–V narrowly black, tergites VI+ blacks; 3) sternite I with a high, laterally compressed, nasute ventral protuberance; 4) ovipositor 1.0–1.3 × as long as hind tibia. FIGURES 27–30. Hymenoepimecis bicolor ♀: 27, habitus; 28, face, frontal view; 29, head and anterior part of mesosoma, lateral view; 30, sternite I, lateral view. Figure 31. Distribution of H. bicolor species in the Brazil. Red circle = localities. Green area = Brazilian Legal Amazon. Male. Unknown. Distribution. Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, São Paulo) (Fig. 31). . In Brazil , H. bicolor there was been recorded only for the southeast region, in São Paulo state ( Gonzaga et al . 2010 ). Biological notes. Parasitoid of Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767) ( Araneae : Nephilidae ) ( Gonzaga et al . 2010 ). Material examined. BRAZIL . Amazonas : Manaus, ZF–03, Km 23, Reserva 1113, 02°26’02”S / 59°51’15”W , 22.v.1986 , Malaise (B. Klein), 1 female , 0 0 0 0 667, INPA ; Lábrea, Ramal Apaeral, Km 0 9, Sítio São Raimundo, 07°19’10”S / 64°40’07”W , vi.2006 , Malaise (F.F. Xavier Filho), 1 female , INPA ; Pará : Belém, APEG , 04.x.2011 , Malaise (Rocha, J. & Santos, I.), 1 female , MPEG ; Acre : Cruzeiro do Sul, Rio Moa, 07°37’02”S / 72°46’15”W , 19– 28.xi.1996 , Malaise (J.A. Rafael, J. Vidal & R.L. Menezes), 1 female , 0 0 19325, INPA ; Rondônia : Porto Velho, Estação Ecológica de Cuniã, 04.viii.2008 , Malaise (S.S. Gadelha), 1 female , UNIR ; idem, but Parque Natural Municipal de Porto Velho, 02.viii.2011 , 1 female , UNIR ; idem, but iii.2009, 1 female, UNIR ; idem, but Rio Madeira, Área Mutum, AHE Jirau, 09°35’ 29,5S / 65°02’57,6”W , 27.iii–08.iv.2012 (Silva, R.R. & Albuquerque, E.Z.), 1 female , MZUSP . Total: 8 females .