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Issue: Vol. 5621 No. 2: 15 Apr. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-04-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.1
Page range: 151-195
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Taxonomic revision of the Perilampus carolinensis species complex (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Perilampidae), and the description of five new species

Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2C6; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3B2
Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 2C6; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 3B2
Hymenoptera COI ITS2 key morphology new species parasitoid species delimitation systematics

Abstract

This study recognizes seven species in the Perilampus carolinensis species complex, primarily Neotropical species within the Perilampus hyalinus species group, by combining morphology and two genes (COI and ITS2). Perilampus arasy Yoo & Darling sp. nov., P. cabecar Yoo & Darling sp. nov., P. falcatus Yoo & Darling sp. nov., P. minasgerais Yoo & Darling sp. nov., and P. tupa Yoo & Darling sp. nov. are described and P. carolinensis Smulyan and P. regalis Smulyan are re-described with illustrations. An illustrated key is provided to facilitate species identification and host associations and distributions are discussed.

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How to Cite

Yoo, J.J. & Darling, D.C. (2025) Taxonomic revision of the Perilampus carolinensis species complex (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Perilampidae), and the description of five new species. Zootaxa, 5621 (2), 151–195. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5621.2.1