Epirhyssa melampyge Porter 1978

Gómez, Isrrael C., Sääksjärvi, Ilari E., Puhakka, Liisa, Castillo, Carol & Bordera, Santiago, 2015, The Peruvian Amazonian species of Epirhyssa Cresson (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Rhyssinae), with notes on tropical species richness, Zootaxa 3937 (2), pp. 311-336 : 328

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3937.2.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:46253C57-B237-4A7C-B110-49F79290CAE9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6110495
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FE87F5-FFB0-5267-FF06-94BFFEB3FE69
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Epirhyssa melampyge Porter 1978
status

Treatment

Epirhyssa melampyge Porter 1978 View in CoL

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from all other Neotropical Epirhyssa by the combination of the following characters: 1) occipital carina not joining hypostomal carina; 2) hind tibia prominently swollen; and 3) tergite I elongate, about 3.2 times as long as posteriorly broad; and 4) strong median tubercle on the anterior edge of the clypeus.

Distribution. Peru.

Biological notes. Only one male specimen (holotype) has been found from the Andean-Amazonian interface in southern Peru.