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Issue: Vol. 5636 No. 2: 16 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5636.2.5
Page range: 316-326
Abstract views: 112
PDF downloaded: 5

Brazilian tropical dry forest in the spotlight: two new species of Ophrynopus Konow, 1897 (Hymenoptera, Orussidae)

Laboratório de Hymenoptera; Departamento de Agronomia; Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco; Recife; Pernambuco; Brasil.
Natural History Museum of Denmark; SCIENCE; University of Copenhagen; Zoological Museum; Universitetsparken 15; DK-2100; Denmark.
Laboratório de Hymenoptera; Departamento de Agronomia; Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco; Recife; Pernambuco; Brasil.
Hymenoptera Parasitoid wasps taxonomy South America Semiarid region ophrynopine clade

Abstract

Ophrynopus aridus sp. nov. and Ophrynopus caatinguensis sp. nov. are described and illustrated based on females collected in a dry forest in northeastern Brazil using blue UV traps. The new species are the first recorded Orussidae from the Caatinga biome. We present a key and a map of all known records of Ophrynopus and comment on the distributional history of the genus. We also discuss the unusual collecting method that could increase the presence of Orussidae in collections.

 

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How to Cite

Galdino, E.J.O., Vilhelmsen, L. & Parizotto, D.R. (2025) Brazilian tropical dry forest in the spotlight: two new species of Ophrynopus Konow, 1897 (Hymenoptera, Orussidae). Zootaxa, 5636 (2), 316–326. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5636.2.5