taxonID	type	description	language	source
03C887E8FFB20A49C700FE970B82346E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Grotea akakana sp. nov. can be distinguished from all described species of the genus by the following combination of characters: postgenal processes long, almost touching; antenna with about 45 flagellomeres, without a white band; ovipositor about 3 times longer than hind tibia; mesopleuron black with two yellow spots separated by a red one.	en	Mazón, Marina, Bordera, Santiago, Broad, Gavin R. (2024): New Species of Grotea (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Labeninae) from Ecuador, with New Records and a Key to the Neotropical Species. Neotropical Entomology 53 (4): 868-879, DOI: 10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1, URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1
03C887E8FFB20A49C700FE970B82346E.taxon	description	Description. Female: Body length 16.2 mm. Fore wing length 10.8 mm. Head. Transverse, 0.5 times as long as wide; gena in dorsal view clearly constricted posterior to eye, slightly rounded, densely and shallowly punctate, shiny with long dense silver setae, about 0.5 times as long as eye (Fig. 1 e). Postgenal process present, laterally indistinct (gena with ventroposterior angle modified to form a long spatulate rectangular tooth, both teeth touching each other) (Fig. 1 d, arrows). Frons and vertex shiny, densely punctate, slightly convex. Occipital carina complete, rounded dorsally. Posterior ocellus separated from eye by 1.4 times maximum ocellar diameter; distance between posterior ocelli 0.9 times maximum ocellar diameter. Face and clypeus slightly convex, finely and densely punctate on a smooth and shiny background, setae dense, ventral part of clypeus concave, showing labrum (Fig. 1 b). Clypeus weakly convex, 2.5 times as wide as long. Ventral tooth of mandible slightly shorter than dorsal tooth. Eye glabrous. Malar space very short, 0.3 times basal mandibular width, about 0.1 times as long as eye in frontal view, smooth and shiny. Antenna with 45 flagellomeres; first flagellomere 5 times as long as wide; flagellum slightly widened towards apex (Fig. 1 a). Mesosoma. Entirely covered in dense, long silver setae (Fig. 1 c). Pronotum mostly smooth and shiny, very shallowly and densely punctate; epomia distinct. Mesoscutum 1.4 times as long as wide, convex, very densely and shallowly punctate (Fig. 1 e); notauli absent; prescutellar groove deep, smooth, without striae; scutellum slightly convex, with same microsculpture as mesoscutum, without lateral carinae. Mesopleuron very densely and shallowly punctate, with very dense and rather long silver setae, setae only absent on speculum; epicnemial carina complete, slightly curved at its dorsal end, ending at level of centre of pronotum; mesopleural suture conspicuous, curved dorsally surrounding yellow spot of mesopleuron. Metapleuron finely punctate, with irregular striae posteriorly, densely pubescent; submetapleural carina strong and complete, forming an obtuse angle anteriorly. Propodeum about 0.7 times as long as broad; anterior transverse carina indented centrally, posterior transverse carina mostly absent, only present between lateral longitudinal and pleural carina, pleural carina complete but thin; propodeum mostly smooth and shiny, setae long and dense (Fig. 1 f); area basalis short and wide; area lateralis about 1.1 times as long as broad; spiracle long and arched, touching lateral longitudinal carina. Hind femur and coxa long, length of hind femur 3.9 times its height. Hind tarsal claws thin, evenly curved. Wings with moderately long and dense setae. Fore wing with areolet pentagonal, abscissa of Rs between 2 rs-m and 3 rs-m 0.3 times as long as vein 3 rs-m; vein 2 m-cu sinuous, with two very short bullae; abscissa of Cu 1 between 1 m-cu and Cu 1 a about as long as Cu 1 b. Hind wing with distal abscissa of Cu 1 long, distinctly pigmented to margin of wing; vein cu-a + first abscissa of Cu 1 strongly angled, intercepted clearly above its mid length. Metasoma. Tergite I smooth and shiny, with very few shallow dense setiferous punctures, evenly upcurved, 3.9 times longer than posteriorly broad; thyridia very conspicuous, broad; other tergites with very dense setiferous punctures, more or less shiny. Ovipositor long, about 2.6 times as long as hind tibia; apex of ventral valve of ovipositor covering dorsal valve, with about 7 teeth, without subapical nodus. Colour. Mostly black with yellow marks (Fig. 1 a); flagellum black, without a white mark; central spot on face, scapus and pedicel ventrally, a narrow band on orbits (only interrupted at vertex and between face and frons), small lateral spots on clypeus, a narrow continuous band posterior to ocelli confluent with orbits, bands on anterior and dorsal margin of pronotum, two longitudinal bands and two lateral and a posterior mark on mesonotum, posterior part of scutellum, postscutellum, a big anterodorsal spot on mesopleuron (interrupted by a brown band), anterior part of metanotum and a wide posterior band of propodeum, light yellow. Fore and mid legs orange and brown, with coxae and trochanters black; hind legs mostly black with yellow / brown marks on femur and tibia. Metasoma mostly dark brown, tergites I-II with yellow bands surrounding all borders (bands almost touching each other at anterior part of tergite I), and a yellow longitudinal central line from middle of tergite I to anterior third of tergite III; other tergites with yellow band only posteriorly, sometimes a yellow spot anteriorly to spiracle; apex of metasoma somewhat reddish. Male: unknown.	en	Mazón, Marina, Bordera, Santiago, Broad, Gavin R. (2024): New Species of Grotea (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Labeninae) from Ecuador, with New Records and a Key to the Neotropical Species. Neotropical Entomology 53 (4): 868-879, DOI: 10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1, URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1
03C887E8FFB20A49C700FE970B82346E.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species name refers to Akakana mountain where the holotype was caught; it is part of the cosmovision of Saraguro indigenous people.	en	Mazón, Marina, Bordera, Santiago, Broad, Gavin R. (2024): New Species of Grotea (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Labeninae) from Ecuador, with New Records and a Key to the Neotropical Species. Neotropical Entomology 53 (4): 868-879, DOI: 10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1, URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1
03C887E8FFB20A49C700FE970B82346E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Ecuador.	en	Mazón, Marina, Bordera, Santiago, Broad, Gavin R. (2024): New Species of Grotea (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Labeninae) from Ecuador, with New Records and a Key to the Neotropical Species. Neotropical Entomology 53 (4): 868-879, DOI: 10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1, URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1
03C887E8FFB20A49C700FE970B82346E.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. 1 ♀. Holotype. ECUADOR: 1 ♀, Loja, San Lucas, Akakana community, area under restoration, 2940 m, 25 - VII / 6 - VIII / 2018, Malaise trap (LOUNAZ).	en	Mazón, Marina, Bordera, Santiago, Broad, Gavin R. (2024): New Species of Grotea (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Labeninae) from Ecuador, with New Records and a Key to the Neotropical Species. Neotropical Entomology 53 (4): 868-879, DOI: 10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1, URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1
03C887E8FFB00A49C4B8FA950DF8346F.taxon	description	Description of the male: Body length 12.2 mm. Fore wing 7.2 mm long. Head. In dorsal view with gena rounded posterior to eye; posterior ocellus separated from eye by 0.9 times its own maximum diameter (Fig. 2 d); postgenal process very short (Fig. 2 c). Antenna with 36 flagellomeres. Mesosoma. Mesoscutum smooth with isolated inconspicuous punctures (Fig. 2 f); scutellum in profile weakly convex (Fig. 2 d); hind wing with Cu 1 not pigmented to margin; propodeum about 1.0 times as long as broad; anterior transverse carina of propodeum indented centrally, not forming a uniform arc from side to side; pleural carina present posteriorly, replaced anteriorly by a crease (Fig. 2 e); posterior transverse carina absent; lateral longitudinal carina anteriorly absent; area spiracularis rectangular; area lateralis rectangular and enclosed, about 1.6 times as long as broad. Metasoma. Tergite I slender, slightly shorter than mesosoma from pronotal collar to posterior margin of propodeum. Color. A black and yellow species (Fig. 2 a). Head mostly yellow, frons centrally black, laterally yellow, interocellar area black; gena mostly yellow with hind part black; occiput black; apex of mandibles dark brown; antenna with scape dark brown, ventrally and distally yellow; pedicel and first 26 flagellomeres dark brown, last 10 yellow orange. Mesosoma: pronotum anteriorly and dorsally yellow banded, centrally and posteriorly black; propleuron yellow; mesosternum yellow; mesopleuron mostly black with longitudinal yellow stripes medially and dorsally; mesepimeron yellow; metapleuron mostly black, posteriorly yellow; mesoscutum black, with two longitudinal yellow stripes fused posteriorly; scutellum anteriorly and centrally black, laterally and posteriorly yellow; postscutellum yellow; propodeum with areas basalis, externa, superomedia and dentipara black; areas spiracularis, lateralis, postero-externa, and petiolaris yellow. Fore leg mostly yellow except dorsal longitudinal brown stripes on coxa, trochanter, femur and tibia. Mid leg with anterior side of coxa yellow, dorsal and posterior sides with longitudinal dark brown stripes; trochanter and trochantellus dark brown; femur and tibia dark brown with longitudinal yellow stripe on anterior side; tarsus dark brown. Hind leg with coxa dark brown, ventrally and dorsally with longitudinal yellow stripes; trochanter, femur and tibia dark brown; trochantellus yellow. Wings hyaline. Metasoma with tergite and sternite I black, laterally and posteriorly yellow; tergites II- VIII mostly dark brown, posteriorly yellow medially.	en	Mazón, Marina, Bordera, Santiago, Broad, Gavin R. (2024): New Species of Grotea (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Labeninae) from Ecuador, with New Records and a Key to the Neotropical Species. Neotropical Entomology 53 (4): 868-879, DOI: 10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1, URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1
03C887E8FFB00A49C4B8FA950DF8346F.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Colombia, Ecuador *.	en	Mazón, Marina, Bordera, Santiago, Broad, Gavin R. (2024): New Species of Grotea (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Labeninae) from Ecuador, with New Records and a Key to the Neotropical Species. Neotropical Entomology 53 (4): 868-879, DOI: 10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1, URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1
03C887E8FFB00A49C4B8FA950DF8346F.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♂. ECUADOR: 1 ♂, Tungurahua, Baños, 2000 m, 15 - IV- 1987, M. Cooper., M. Cooper Coll., BMNH (E) 2005 - 152 1 M (NHMUK) (left mid leg glued on label, left antenna broken apically).	en	Mazón, Marina, Bordera, Santiago, Broad, Gavin R. (2024): New Species of Grotea (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Labeninae) from Ecuador, with New Records and a Key to the Neotropical Species. Neotropical Entomology 53 (4): 868-879, DOI: 10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1, URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1
03C887E8FFB00A4DC700FA9508D9319E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Grotea romeri sp. nov. can be distinguished from all described species of the genus by the following combination of characters: postgenal process very short; antenna black with 36 flagellomeres, without any white or yellow band; area lateralis of propodeum more than 2 times longer than wide, lateral carina complete; ovipositor about 2.4 - 2.5 times longer than hind tibia; orbits yellow, not interrupted at vertex; mesopleuron black with a yellow spot in the middle; ovipositor sheath black.	en	Mazón, Marina, Bordera, Santiago, Broad, Gavin R. (2024): New Species of Grotea (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Labeninae) from Ecuador, with New Records and a Key to the Neotropical Species. Neotropical Entomology 53 (4): 868-879, DOI: 10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1, URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1
03C887E8FFB00A4DC700FA9508D9319E.taxon	description	Description. Female: Body length 13.5 - 13.8 mm. Fore wing length 8.7 - 8.8 mm. Head. Transverse, 0.6 times as long as wide; gena in dorsal view slightly constricted posterior to eye, rounded, smooth and shiny with very short dense setae, about 0.4 - 0.5 times as long as eye (Fig. 3 c). Postgenal process present, laterally indistinct (gena with ventroposterior angle modified to form a short but acute tooth) (Fig. 3 f, arrow). Frons and vertex smooth and shiny with very short and dense setiferous punctures, frons conspicuously concave ventrally, dorsally slightly convex. Occipital carina complete, rounded dorsally. Posterior ocellus separated from eye by 1.2 - 1.7 times maximum ocellar diameter; distance between posterior ocelli 0.7 times maximum ocellar diameter. Face slightly convex, finely, and densely shallowly punctate on a smooth and shiny background, setae very short and dense (Fig. 3 b). Clypeus almost flat, 2.5 - 2.6 times as wide as long, same microsculpture as face, ventral part concave, showing labrum. Mandible teeth subequal in length. Eye glabrous. Malar space 0.4 - 0.5 times basal mandibular width, about 0.1 times as long as eye in frontal view, same microsculpture as face. Antenna with 36 flagellomeres; first flagellomere 7 times as long as wide; flagellum slightly widened towards apex, filiform. Mesosoma. All mesosoma very shallowly and densely punctate, with very short and dense setae. Pronotum mostly smooth and shiny, very shallowly and sparsely punctate, epomia absent. Mesoscutum 1.7 - 1.8 times as long as wide, uniformly convex, setae only on perimeter; notauli absent (Fig. 3 c); prescutellar groove deep, smooth, without striae; scutellum flat, without lateral carinae. Mesopleuron with speculum smooth and glabrous; epicnemial carina complete, almost straight, reaching anterior margin at ventral third of pronotum; mesopleural suture conspicuous, more or less vertical (Fig. 3 d). Metapleuron with same microsculpture as rest of mesosoma; submetapleural carina strong and complete, forming a right angle anteriorly. Propodeum about 1.0 times as long as broad; anterior transverse carina slightly indented centrally, posterior transverse carina absent, pleural carina complete and rather strong; propodeum mostly smooth and shiny, with very fine and shallow setiferous punctures in area lateralis and area spiracularis; area basalis very short and wide; area lateralis very long and narrow, about 3.2 - 4.0 times as long as broad, almost confluent with area postero-externa, with posterior transverse carina not entirely separating both areas; spiracle long and arched, touching lateral longitudinal and anterior transverse carinae. Hind femur and coxa long, length of hind femur 3.7 - 4.3 times its height. Hind tarsal claws thin, right-angled curved. Wings with moderately long and dense setae. Fore wing with areolet pentagonal, abscissa of Rs between 2 rs-m and 3 rs-m 0.6 - 0.8 times as long as vein 3 rs-m; 2 m-cu sinuous, with two very short bullae; abscissa of Cu 1 between 1 m-cu and Cu 1 a about as long as Cu 1 b. Hind wing with distal abscissa of Cu 1 long, distinctly pigmented until margin of wing; vein cu-a + first abscissa of Cu 1 slightly angled, intercepted at its mid length. Metasoma. Tergite I smooth and shiny, with very dense short setae, very long, 4.2 - 4.7 times longer than posteriorly broad, clearly upcurved posterior to spiracle; thyridium very short, inconspicuous; other tergites longer than wide, with same microsculpture as tergite I. Ovipositor about 2.0 times as long as hind tibia; apex of ventral valve of ovipositor covering dorsal valve, with about 5 teeth, without subapical nodus. Colour. Mostly black with yellow marks (Fig. 3 a); flagellum dark brown, without a white mark; face, clypeus, labrum, scapus, pedicel and first flagellomere ventrally, a wide uninterrupted band on orbits, except ventral part of eyes, triangular marks between anterior and posterior ocelli, a posterior mark posterior to ocelli, bands on anterior and dorsal part of pronotum, two posterior convergent lines on mesoscutum, scutellum, postscutellum, a large central spot on mesopleuron, tegulae, subtegular prominence, mesepisternum, central longitudinal band, posterior margin and anterior spot to spiracle of propodeum, light yellow. Fore and mid legs mostly light yellow, coxae dorsally, trochanters and trochantelli partially dark brown to black; hind legs from dark brown to black, with yellow marks on femur and tibia. Metasoma with all tergites from dark brown to black with median and lateral longitudinal bands. Variation. One of the paratypes has the face centrally black, yellow spots on the interocellar area and vertex less conspicuous, and the median longitudinal line on the first tergite interrupted. Male: Body length 12.3 mm. Fore wing length 7.5 mm. Head. Gena in dorsal view slightly constricted posterior to eye, about 0.7 times as long as eye. Distance between posterior ocelli 0.85 times maximum ocellar diameter. Clypeus 2.2 times as wide as long, ventral margin slightly concave, almost straight. Antenna with first flagellomere 8.2 times as long as wide. Mesosoma. Hind wing with distal abscissa of Cu 1 not distinctly pigmented to margin of wing. Metasoma. Tergite I 4.0 times longer than posteriorly broad. Colour (Fig. 3 e). Mandibles not entirely black, somewhat lighter. Yellow mark on subtegular prominence extended anteriorly. Propodeum with spot on spiracle extended, forming an uninterrupted anteroposterior band. Other features as in female.	en	Mazón, Marina, Bordera, Santiago, Broad, Gavin R. (2024): New Species of Grotea (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Labeninae) from Ecuador, with New Records and a Key to the Neotropical Species. Neotropical Entomology 53 (4): 868-879, DOI: 10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1, URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1
03C887E8FFB00A4DC700FA9508D9319E.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species has been named in honour of Oscar Romero, a parataxonomist who has helped to collect and identify most of the material from Ecuador.	en	Mazón, Marina, Bordera, Santiago, Broad, Gavin R. (2024): New Species of Grotea (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Labeninae) from Ecuador, with New Records and a Key to the Neotropical Species. Neotropical Entomology 53 (4): 868-879, DOI: 10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1, URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1
03C887E8FFB00A4DC700FA9508D9319E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Ecuador.	en	Mazón, Marina, Bordera, Santiago, Broad, Gavin R. (2024): New Species of Grotea (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Labeninae) from Ecuador, with New Records and a Key to the Neotropical Species. Neotropical Entomology 53 (4): 868-879, DOI: 10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1, URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1
03C887E8FFB00A4DC700FA9508D9319E.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂. Holotype. ECUADOR: 1 ♀, Zamora Chinchipe, San Francisco Scientific Station, area under restoration, 1858 m, coordinates 713360 and 9560405, 6 - 20 / I / 2016, Malaise trap (LOUNAZ). Paratypes. ECUADOR: 1 ♂, Zamora Chinchipe, San Francisco Scientific Station, degraded area, 1839 m, coordinates 713276 and 9560692, 30 - XI / 17 - XII / 2015, Malaise trap (LOUNAZ); 1 ♀, Pichincha, Alluligula, 09 / 05 / 1992, Leg. V. Yanez (QCAZ) (antennae and ovipositor broken). New records for Ecuador	en	Mazón, Marina, Bordera, Santiago, Broad, Gavin R. (2024): New Species of Grotea (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Labeninae) from Ecuador, with New Records and a Key to the Neotropical Species. Neotropical Entomology 53 (4): 868-879, DOI: 10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1, URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1
03C887E8FFB40A4DC4B8FF250B1930F2.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Colombia, Ecuador *.	en	Mazón, Marina, Bordera, Santiago, Broad, Gavin R. (2024): New Species of Grotea (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Labeninae) from Ecuador, with New Records and a Key to the Neotropical Species. Neotropical Entomology 53 (4): 868-879, DOI: 10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1, URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1
03C887E8FFB40A4DC4B8FF250B1930F2.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 3 ♀♀. ECUADOR: 1 ♀, Zamora-Chinchipe, Arcoíris reserve, degraded area, 2161 m, coordinates 711724 and 9558889, 6 - 20 / I / 2016, Malaise trap (LOUNAZ); 2 ♀♀, Loja, Madrigal reserve, area under restoration, 2349 m, coordinates 702651 and 9552712, 21 - XII- 2015 / 8 - I- 2016, Malaise trap, (LOUNAZ).	en	Mazón, Marina, Bordera, Santiago, Broad, Gavin R. (2024): New Species of Grotea (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Labeninae) from Ecuador, with New Records and a Key to the Neotropical Species. Neotropical Entomology 53 (4): 868-879, DOI: 10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1, URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1
03C887E8FFB40A4DC4B8FDF108223226.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Ecuador *, Suriname.	en	Mazón, Marina, Bordera, Santiago, Broad, Gavin R. (2024): New Species of Grotea (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Labeninae) from Ecuador, with New Records and a Key to the Neotropical Species. Neotropical Entomology 53 (4): 868-879, DOI: 10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1, URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1
03C887E8FFB40A4DC4B8FDF108223226.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 2 ♀♀. ECUADOR: 1 ♀, Zamora Chinchipe, El Padmi Biological Station, area under restoration, 822 m, coordinates 764809 and 9586079, 25 - II / 9 - III / 2016, Malaise trap (LOUNAZ); 1 ♀, Sucumbíos, Limoncocha, 269 m, 76 ° 37 ’ 00 ” W 00 ° 24 ’ 00 ” S, 11 - IV- 2005, Leg. D. Céspedes (QCAZ).	en	Mazón, Marina, Bordera, Santiago, Broad, Gavin R. (2024): New Species of Grotea (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Labeninae) from Ecuador, with New Records and a Key to the Neotropical Species. Neotropical Entomology 53 (4): 868-879, DOI: 10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1, URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-024-01166-1
