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Issue: Vol. 5642 No. 1: 27 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5642.1.5
Page range: 51-58
Abstract views: 76
PDF downloaded: 3

First record of the genus Trichomma Wesmael (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Brazil with description of a new species

Universidade Estadual do Piauí; Campus Deputado Jesualdo Cavalcanti; Avenida Dom Pedro II; CEP: 64980-000; Corrente; PI; Brazil
Universidade Federal de São Carlos; Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva; Rodovia Washington Luiz; Km 235; CEP 13.565-905; São Carlos; SP; Brazil
Hymenoptera darwin wasps Neotropical parasitoid

Abstract

The present study reports the first occurrence of the genus Trichomma (Ichneumonidae, Anomaloninae) in Brazil through the description and illustration of a new species, Trichomma intervalensis sp. nov. This finding expands the known distribution of the genus within the Neotropical region.

 

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How to Cite

Onody, H.C. & Penteado-Dias, A.M. (2025) First record of the genus Trichomma Wesmael (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Brazil with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 5642 (1), 51–58. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5642.1.5