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Issue: Vol. 4161 No. 3: 6 Sept. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-09-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4161.3.11
Page range: 437–444
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 1

The Neotropical species of Atractodes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), II: the A. pleuripunctatus species-group

Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales / Instituto de Investigación de Biodiversidad CIBIO (Centro Iberoamericano de Biodiversidad). Universidad de Alicante. Apdo. Corr. 99, 03080. Alicante, Spain.
Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales / Instituto de Investigación de Biodiversidad CIBIO (Centro Iberoamericano de Biodiversidad). Universidad de Alicante. Apdo. Corr. 99, 03080. Alicante, Spain. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Research Program, Universidad Nacional de Loja, Ciudadela Universitaria, sector La Argelia, EC 110101 Loja, Ecuador.
Zoological Museum, Department of Biology, University of Turku, FIN-20014 Finland
Hymenoptera Parasitoid wasp Stilpnina taxonomy identification key new species koinobiont tropical Chile Ecuador South America

Abstract

We describe three new species of parasitoid wasps of the genus Atractodes (Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae) from South America: A. colchaguensis sp. nov. from Chile, and A. pleuripunctatus sp. nov. and A. saragurensis sp. nov. from Ecuador. These species are all characterized by a densely and strongly punctate mesopleuron. The Atractodes pleuripunctatus species-group is defined to accommodate the new species. In addition, the second part of the key to species of the Neotropical Atractodes including this species-group is given.

 

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