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Issue: Vol. 5468 No. 1: 11 Jun. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-06-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.1.2
Page range: 52-74
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Revisiting the Darwin wasp genus Epelaspis Townes, 1970 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Phygadeuontinae): five new species, new records and a key to Neotropical species

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia—INPA; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia; Campus II; Caixa postal 478; CEP 69011-97; Manaus; Amazonas; Brazil
Laboratorio de Entomología General y Aplicada; Centro de Investigación de Estudios Avanzados del Maule; Universidad Católica del Maule; Talca; Chile
Laboratorio de Entomología General y Aplicada; Centro de Investigación de Estudios Avanzados del Maule; Universidad Católica del Maule; Talca; Chile
Fundación Bioconservancy; Mesenia-Paramarillo nature reserve; Jardín; Antioquia; Colombia
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia—INPA; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia; Campus II; Caixa postal 478; CEP 69011-97; Manaus; Amazonas; Brazil
Hymenoptera Andean Region Andean Cloud Forest Brazil biodiversity Colombia parasitoid wasps

Abstract

The Darwin wasp genus Epelaspis Townes, 1970 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Phygadeuontinae) is studied in some countries of South America. We recorded the genus for the first time in Colombia, and five new species are described: Epelaspis boteroi Lima & Fernandes, sp. nov., Epelaspis constantinoi Lima & Fernandes, sp. nov., Epelaspis lulo Lima & Fernandes, sp. nov., Epelaspis tavoi Lima & Fernandes, sp. nov., and Epelaspis wagneri Lima & Fernandes, sp. nov.. Furthermore, E. anorus Townes, 1970 is newly documented for Brazil, while the geographic ranges of E. renatoi Graf & Kumagai, 1996 and E. ketiae Graf & Kumagai, 1996 are extended within the country. Digital images, maps, and a key to Neotropical Epelaspis species are provided.

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