Description of Apechthis cantika sp. n. from Sulawesi Is., Indonesia with redescription of the holotype of A. taiwana Uchida (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae)

By

Watanabe, Kyohei
Takasuka, Keizo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

Journal of Hymenoptera research

Volume

31

Pages

105-117

Subjects

body colour , convergence , hamuli , Oriental region , parasitoid wasp , taxonomy , yellow body

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Washington, D.C International Society of Hymenopterists

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.31.3813

 

Abstract

Apechthis cantika sp. n. (Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) is described from the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. This is the first known representative of the genus in Indonesia and also the southernmost record of Apechthis in the Oriental region, extending the known distribution far southwards. Discovery of a second yellow Apechthis in the Oriental region, following A. taiwana Uchida, suggests that the genus suddenly changes its body colour entirely from black to yellow towards the equator, independently in both the Oriental and Neotropical regions. The holotype of A. taiwana, apparently closely related to A. cantika sp. n., is also redescribed for comparison.