The Peruvian Amazonian species of Epirhyssa Cresson (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Rhyssinae), with notes on tropical species richness
Author
Gómez, Isrrael C.
Author
Sääksjärvi, Ilari E.
Author
Puhakka, Liisa
Author
Castillo, Carol
Author
Bordera, Santiago
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Zootaxa
2015
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3937.2.4
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Epirhyssa braconoides
Porter 1978
(
Figs 1
B, 2B, 3B)
Diagnosis
. This species can be distinguished from all other Neotropical
Epirhyssa
by the combination of the following characters: 1) fore wing with two blackish bands; 2) apex of hind wing blackish; 3) facial orbits generally white (blackish in a few specimens); and 4) base of hind coxae orange.
Distribution
.
Brazil
;
Colombia
;
Ecuador
;
Peru
.
Material examined
.
Brazil
:
Male, (
BMNH
) Bahia, Cepec Itabuna, F.P. Benton leg.,
4.VIII.1979
.
Ecuador
:
Male (
USNM
), Dept. Orellana, Onkone gare,
216 m
.
, Erwin
et al.
leg., fogging
0° 39’ S
,
76°27’ W
,
X.1995
. Male (
USNM
), Dept. Orellana, Tiputini,
250 m
.
, Erwin
et al.
leg., fogging
0° 37’ S
,
76°08’ W
,
X.1998
.
Colombia
:
Female (
NHRS
), Amazonas, PNN Amacayacu,
150 m
.
,
3° 23’ S
,
70°6’ W
, A. Parente leg., Malaise,
28.V–11.VI.2001
. Male, (
BMNH
) Vaupes, Miraflores,
31.I–5.II.1972
, M.Cooper. B.M 1972-275.
Peru
:
Female (
ZMUT
), Dept. of Madre de Dios, Los Amigos,
290 m
.
, Isrrael Gómez leg Malaise trap,
21–28.V.2008
. Female (
ZMUT
), as above but,
240 m
.
,
24–31.VII.2008
. Female (
ZMUT
): Dept. Loreto, Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo Mishana,
3°58’ S
,
73°25’ W
,
124 m
.
, I. Gómez & Sääksjärvi leg., Net,
11–17.VII.2011
. Female (
ZMUT
): Dept. Loreto, Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana,
3°58’29” S
,
73°25’46” W
,
124 m
.
, Sääksjärvi
et al.
leg., Malaise,
7–13.VIII.2011
. Female (
ZMUT
). Dept. of Cusco, Amarakaeri,
12°55’ S
,
70°51’ W
,
333–
884 m
., Vilchez & Castillo leg., net,
IX.2010
.
Biological notes
. This species is well distributed in the whole Amazon region and is recorded for the first time from
Colombia
and
Ecuador
.