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
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scientific name	Epirhyssa melampyge Porter 1978
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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.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Ichneumonidae
Genus	Epirhyssa

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