Hymenoepimecis heteropus ( Kriechbaumer, 1890 )

Pádua, Diego G., Oliveira, Marcio L., Onody, Helena C., Sobczak, Jober F., Sääksjärvi, Ilari E. & Gómez, Isrrael C., 2015, The Brazilian Amazonian species of Hymenoepimecis Viereck, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae), Zootaxa 4058 (2), pp. 175-194 : 182-183

Hymenoepimecis heteropus ( Kriechbaumer, 1890)

( Figs 38–41 )

Epimecis heteropus Kriechbaumer, 1890: 491 .

Hymenoepimecis heteropus ; Viereck, 1912: 149.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from all other Hymenoepimecis by the combination of the following characters: 1) fore wing hyaline yellowish, with two blackish bands; 2) metasoma black, except tergite I orange; 3) ovipositor 0.9 × as long as hind tibia.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Brazil (Amazonas, Bahia, Pará, Rondônia, Santa Catarina) (Fig. 42).

Note. According to De Santis (1980), H. heteropus was only species of the genus with records for the northern (Amazonas and Pará), northeast (Bahia) and south regions (Santa Catarina).

Biological notes. Host unknown.

Material examined. BRAZIL. Rondônia: Porto Velho, Rio Madeira, Área Abunã, AHE Jirau, 09°35’29,5”S / 65°02’57,6”W, 27.iii–08.iv.2012, Malaise (Silva, R.R. & Albuquerque, E.Z.), 1 female, MZUSP.

Figures

FIGURES 38 – 41. Hymenoepimecis heteropus ♀: 38, habitus; 39, face, frontal view; 40, head and anterior part of mesosoma, lateral view; 41, sternite I, lateral view. Figure 42. Distribution of H. heteropus species in the Brazil. Red circle = localities. Green area = Brazilian Legal Amazon.