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Issue: Vol. 5453 No. 1: 17 May 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-05-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.1.2
Page range: 33-62
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Nine new species of Horismenus Walker (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in Brazil, with an emphasis on the fauna of one of the largest tropical forests on the planet, the Atlantic Forest

Laboratório de Proteção Florestal; Departamento de Engenharia Florestal; Centro de Ciências Agroveterinárias; Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina; 88520-000; Lages; Santa Catarina; Brazil
Unidade Laboratorial de Referência em Controle Biológico; Instituto Biológico/APTA; 13101-680; Campinas; São Paulo; Brazil
Unidade Laboratorial de Referência em Controle Biológico; Instituto Biológico/APTA; 13101-680; Campinas; São Paulo; Brazil
Scientific Associate of the Biological Museum (Entomology); Lund University; Lund; Sweden; and of the Natural History Museum; London; U.K.
Departamento de Entomologia; Universidade Federal de Viçosa; 36570-000; Viçosa; Minas Gerais; Brazil
Departamento de Biologia Geral; Universidade Federal de Viçosa; 36570-000; Viçosa; Minas Gerais; Brazil
Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea Entedoninae neotropical fauna parasitoid wasps taxonomy

Abstract

Horismenus Walker (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is one of the largest genera in Eulophidae, and additional collecting in tropical America will undoubtedly add numerous new species. Here we describe nine new species of Horismenus from material collected in Brazil, mainly in Atlantic Forest remnants: H. amplicavus sp. nov., H. atlanticus sp. nov., H. bilineatus sp. nov., H. crastoensis sp. nov., H. novaiguassuensis sp. nov., H. parvicavus sp. nov., H. pterathrix sp. nov., H. sagittatus sp. nov., and H. saueri sp. nov. In addition, we also provide images, diagnoses, and comments to facilitate the identification of each new species.

 

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