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Issue: Vol. 5796 No. 3: 22 Apr. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-04-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5796.3.2
Page range: 437-460
Abstract views: 82
PDF downloaded: 2

First approach to the knowledge of Orthocentrus Gravenhorst, 1829 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae: Orthocentrinae) in Colombia: Description of ten new species, addition of new records, and taxonomic key to Colombian species

Laboratorio de Entomología. Corporación Universitaria Santa Rosa de Cabal; Risaralda; Colombia.
Laboratorio de Entomología. Corporación Universitaria Santa Rosa de Cabal; Risaralda; Colombia.
Hymenoptera Andean Forest Central Cordillera Coffee Cultural Landscape High Andean Cloud Forest Neotropical region

Abstract

Historically, knowledge of Orthocentrinae in Colombia has been extremely limited. Thus, this study represents the first approach to the subfamily in the country through the genus Orthocentrus Gravenhorst, 1829, in which ten new species are described: O. cafetera sp. nov., O. carrilera sp. nov., O. jornalera sp. nov., O. lyda sp. nov., O. parcerita sp. nov., O. parchada sp. nov., O. pasillo sp. nov., O. pereirana sp. nov., O. santarrosana sp. nov., O. shirley sp. nov., new records are provided, and an identification key for all Colombian species is included.

 

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How to Cite

Álvarez-Arellano, D. & Palacios-Castro, S. (2026) First approach to the knowledge of Orthocentrus Gravenhorst, 1829 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae: Orthocentrinae) in Colombia: Description of ten new species, addition of new records, and taxonomic key to Colombian species. Zootaxa, 5796 (3), 437–460. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5796.3.2