Xanthopimpla jussilai Veijalainen, Sääksjärvi & Broad 2009

Gómez, Isrrael C., Sääksjärvi, Ilari E., Broad, Gavin R., Puhakka, Liisa, Castillo, Carol, Peña, Carlos & Pádua, Diego G., 2014, The Neotropical species of Xanthopimpla Saussure (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae), Zootaxa 3774 (1), pp. 57-73 : 63

Xanthopimpla jussilai Veijalainen, Sääksjärvi & Broad 2009

( Figs. 2 c, 3c, 4c)

Original description. See Gómez et al. (2009).

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from all other Neotropical Xanthopimpla by the combination of the following characters: 1) occipital carina complete and expanded into a high thin flange; 2) propodeum with posterior transverse carina centrally horizontal; 3) propodeum with lateral longitudinal carina present, defining area dentipara; and 4) ovipositor sheath about 0.8–0.9 times the length of the hind tibia.

Distribution. Brazil, Ecuador.

New material examined. Brazil: Female. ( INPA) Dept. of Amazonas, Borba, Rio Abacaxis, IV.2008.

Notes. The species is recorded for the first time outside Ecuador. The Brazilian female is similar to the Ecuadorean specimen.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Habitus of the amazonica species-group (female holotypes). (a) Xanthopimpla amazonica; (b) X. guianensis; (c) X. jussilai; (d) X. pucallpensis; (e) X. vidali.