Epirhyssa zaphyma 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 : 332-333

Epirhyssa zaphyma Porter 1978

( Figs 2 C, 3F, 7B)

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from all other Neotropical Epirhyssa by the combination of the following characters: 1) almost entirely fulvous; 2) tergite I long, about 2.5–3.0 times as long as posteriorly broad; and 3) clypeus with a strong median tubercle.

Distribution. Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru.

Material examined. Brazil: Female ( INPA), Dept. of Amazonas, Manaus, Reserva Ducke, Igarape, J.M.F. Ribeiro leg., Malaise, 31.XII.2002.

Ecuador: Male ( USNM), Dept. Orellana, Onkone gare, 216 m., Erwin et al. leg., fogging 0° 39’ S, 76°27’ W, VI.1996.

Peru: Female ( UNSM), Dept. of Cusco, Amarakaeri, 12°55’ S, 70°51’ W, 333– 884 m., Vilchez & Castillo leg., net, Female ( ZMUT), Dept. Loreto, Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo Mishana, 3°58’ S, 73°25’ W, 124 m., I. Gómez & Sääksjärvi leg., Malaise, 2.X.2011. Female ( ZMUT), as above but, Sääksjärvi et al. leg., Malaise, H2(16), 21.XII.2000. Male ( ZMUT), Dept. Loreto, Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo Mishana, 3°58’ S, 73°25’ W, 124 m., I. Gómez & Sääksjärvi leg., Malaise, 5–11.XII.2011. Male ( ZMUT), Dept. of Madre de Dios, Los Amigos, 280 m., Castillo leg., Malaise, 5.III.2006.

Biological notes. This species is well distributed in lowland Amazonia and is recorded for the first time from Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Head of Epirhyssa spp.: frontal view: A— E. cochabambae; B— E. braconoides (paratype); C— E. zaphyma; D— E. amazonica; E— E. diatropis; F— E. wisei, (female); G— E. isthmia; H— E. simpirae sp. n. (holotype).