Hymenoepimecis bicolor ( Brullé, 1846 ), Brulle, 1846

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 : 180-181

Hymenoepimecis bicolor ( Brullé, 1846)

( Figs 27–30 )

Epimecis bicolor Brullé, 1846: 113 .

Hymenoepimecis bicolor ; Viereck, 1912: 149.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from all other Hymenoepimecis by the combination of the following characters: 1) fore wing hyaline, with apex blackish; 2) metasoma orange, with posterior margins of tergites II–V narrowly black, tergites VI+ blacks; 3) sternite I with a high, laterally compressed, nasute ventral protuberance; 4) ovipositor 1.0–1.3 × as long as hind tibia.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, São Paulo) (Fig. 31).

Note. In Brazil, H. bicolor there was been recorded only for the southeast region, in São Paulo state ( Gonzaga et al. 2010).

Biological notes. Parasitoid of Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767) ( Araneae : Nephilidae ) ( Gonzaga et al. 2010).

Material examined. BRAZIL. Amazonas: Manaus, ZF–03, Km 23, Reserva 1113, 02°26’02”S / 59°51’15”W, 22.v.1986, Malaise (B. Klein), 1 female, 0 0 0 0 667, INPA; Lábrea, Ramal Apaeral, Km 0 9, Sítio São Raimundo, 07°19’10”S / 64°40’07”W, vi.2006, Malaise (F.F. Xavier Filho), 1 female, INPA; Pará: Belém, APEG, 04.x.2011, Malaise (Rocha, J. & Santos, I.), 1 female, MPEG; Acre: Cruzeiro do Sul, Rio Moa, 07°37’02”S / 72°46’15”W, 19– 28.xi.1996, Malaise (J.A. Rafael, J. Vidal & R.L. Menezes), 1 female, 0 0 19325, INPA; Rondônia: Porto Velho, Estação Ecológica de Cuniã, 04.viii.2008, Malaise (S.S. Gadelha), 1 female, UNIR; idem, but Parque Natural Municipal de Porto Velho, 02.viii.2011, 1 female, UNIR; idem, but iii.2009, 1 female, UNIR; idem, but Rio Madeira, Área Mutum, AHE Jirau, 09°35’ 29,5S / 65°02’57,6”W, 27.iii–08.iv.2012 (Silva, R.R. & Albuquerque, E.Z.), 1 female, MZUSP. Total: 8 females.

Figures

FIGURES 27 – 30. Hymenoepimecis bicolor ♀: 27, habitus; 28, face, frontal view; 29, head and anterior part of mesosoma, lateral view; 30, sternite I, lateral view. Figure 31. Distribution of H. bicolor species in the Brazil. Red circle = localities. Green area = Brazilian Legal Amazon.