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Issue: Vol. 5406 No. 3: 7 Feb. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-02-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.3.3
Page range: 441-450
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 3

Two new species of Epirhyssa (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Rhyssinae) from Costa Rica

Guanacaste Dry Forest Conservation Fund; Sector Santa Rosa; Area de Conservación Guanacaste; Costa Rica
Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Ecología Tropical; Escuela de Biologia; Universidad de Costa Rica; San Pedro; 11501– 2060; San José; Costa Rica
Hymenoptera Epirhyssa new species Costa Rica parasitoids

Abstract

As a result of continuing research on the ichneumonid wasps of Costa Rica, two new species of Epirhyssa (Rhyssinae) are described: E. leonoreae and E. lewisi. A key is provided for the identification of all 14 species now known to occur in the country.

 

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