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Issue: Vol. 2192 No. 1: 10 Aug. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-08-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2192.1.3
Page range: 56–68
Abstract views: 67
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Cladistic assessment and description of a new Neotropical genus and species of Lymeonina (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae)

Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Avenida Marechal Campos 1468, Eucalipto, Vitória, ES, Brazil, 29043-900
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Avenida Marechal Campos 1468, Eucalipto, Vitória, ES, Brazil, 29043-900
Hymenoptera Atlantic Forest Cryptini Mesostenini Phygadeuontinae Polycyrtidea

Abstract

The Cryptini Petila new genus, from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, is proposed, described, illustrated, and cladistically compared with representative species of ten genera of the subtribe Lymeonina and six outgroup species. A total of 19 species and 87 characters were evaluated. All analyses clearly suggest that Petila must indeed be treated as a distinct genus, closest to Polycyrtidea Viereck. The species Petila capixaba, new species, is described and illustrated.

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