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Issue: Vol. 4144 No. 3: 28 Jul. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-07-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.3.2
Page range: 316–334
Abstract views: 61
PDF downloaded: 3

Fourteen new species of Heterospilus Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Brazil

Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Rod. Washington Luís, Km 235, SP-310, CP 676, CEP 13564-905, São Carlos, SP, Brasil.
Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Rod. Washington Luís, Km 235, SP-310, CP 676, CEP 13564-905, São Carlos, SP, Brasil.
Hymenoptera taxonomy Neotropical Region parasitoids new species

Abstract

Fourteen new species of the genus Heterospilus Haliday found in semideciduous mesophilic forest areas at São Paulo State, Brazil are described. They are: Heterospilus ayewai sp. n., H. caetetus sp. n., H. fernandesi sp. n., H. fiorelinii sp. n., H. granulosus sp. n., H. homalos sp. n., H. intervalesi sp. n., H. japi sp.n., H. meloi sp. n., H. mesopleuron sp. n., H. periotoi sp. n., H. riveroni sp. n., H. sormusi sp. n., and H. virginensis sp. n. Heterospilus species are characterized by the sculpturation of the vertex: granulate, striate, rugose, or smooth, without sculpturation. All specimens of Heterospilus in this study are in the species group with a smooth, unsculptured vertex.

 

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