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Issue: Vol. 5633 No. 1: 9 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5633.1.6
Page range: 123-138
Abstract views: 52
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New species of Typhoctes (Hymenoptera, Thynnoidea, Chyphotidae) from Colombia and Jamaica

Instituto de Ciencias Naturales; Universidad Nacional de Colombia; Sede Bogotá; Bogotá D.C.; Colombia.
School of Life Sciences; University of KwaZulu-Natal; Pietermaritzburg; South Africa.
Hymenoptera synopsis wasps Typhoctinae taxonomy key to species Neotropics

Abstract

Three new species of Typhoctes Blake, 1866, T. tayronensis Fernández, sp. nov. T. colombiensis Brothers, sp. nov. and T. jamaicensis Brothers, sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Chyphotidae) are described and illustrated from Magdalena and Cesar, northern Colombia, based on a single female and a single male, and from Jamaica based on three males. These are the first descriptions of species of this genus for South America and for any Caribbean island. A comparative redescription of the males of Typhoctes evansi Quintero & Rodríguez, 1990 from Panama is also included. An illustrated key to both sexes of the known species of Neotropical Typhoctes is provided.

 

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How to Cite

Fernández, F. & Brothers, D.J. (2025) New species of Typhoctes (Hymenoptera, Thynnoidea, Chyphotidae) from Colombia and Jamaica. Zootaxa, 5633 (1), 123–138. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5633.1.6