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Issue: Vol. 5477 No. 1: 5 Jul. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-07-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.1.7
Page range: 87-92
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A remarkable new species of Ateleute Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ateleutinae) from Uganda

Department of Life Sciences; University of Siena; via Aldo Moro 2; 53100; Siena; Italy
Hymenoptera Afrotropics Darwin wasps parasitoids taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of Ateleute, A. valeriae sp. nov., is described from Kibale National Park, in Uganda. The new species differs from others of the genus in the Afrotropical region by its larger body size, ovipositor relatively long and straight, and presence of the distal abscissa of vein AA in the hind wing. The new species sheds light on the morphological variability and diversity of the genus Ateleute in the Afrotropical region.

 

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