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Issue: Vol. 5346 No. 4: 20 Sept. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-09-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5346.4.7
Page range: 489-500
Abstract views: 251
PDF downloaded: 19

New species of the Genus Messatoporus Cushman (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae) from the Neotropical Region

Universidade Federal de São Carlos; Programa de Pós Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais; CEP 13565-905; São Carlos; São Paulo; Brazil; Universidade Federal de São Carlos; Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva; CEP 13565-905; Rodovia Washington Luiz; Km 235; São Carlos; São Paulo; Brazil
Universidade Federal de São Carlos; Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva; CEP 13565-905; Rodovia Washington Luiz; Km 235; São Carlos; São Paulo; Brazil
Universidade Federal de São Carlos; Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva; CEP 13565-905; Rodovia Washington Luiz; Km 235; São Carlos; São Paulo; Brazil
Hymenoptera Nematopodiina Osprynchotina Osprynchotus group parasitoid wasp

Abstract


Three new species of Messatoporus are described and illustrated from Brazil: Messatoporus claretee sp. nov., Messatoporus luizae sp. nov. and Messatoporus suzane sp. nov. The species are characterized by having long mandibles, with dorsal tooth much longer than ventral tooth, propodeum with long transverse striation and first metasomal tergite long with spiracle near the middle.

 

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