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Issue: Vol. 4208 No. 3: 16 Dec. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-12-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4208.3.4
Page range: 249–260
Abstract views: 85
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A review of the genus Orionis Shaw (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae) and first records of the genus from South America and the Oriental Region

Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, CP 676, CEP 13 565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
University of Wyoming, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management (3354), 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY, USA 82070
University of Wyoming, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management (3354), 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY, USA 82070
Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, CP 676, CEP 13 565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, CP 676, CEP 13 565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Hymenoptera biodiversity Neotropical region Thailand parasitoid wasps taxonomy

Abstract

Orionis is a small Neotropical euphorine genus, currently in the tribe Perilitini. Although the biology of the genus is unknown, Orionis eximius (Muesebeck) was described from a single female specimen reared from a cocoon associated with Lantana camara. Here, we present a taxonomic revision of Orionis and the first records of the genus from South America and Thailand, with descriptions of three new species: O. brasiliensis sp. nov., O. ecuadoriensis sp. nov. and O. orientalis sp. nov. We also report the first record of O. eximius from South America (Ecuador). A revised key for the described species is presented.

 

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