Five new species of Dolichomitus Smith from the tropical Andes, with a key for the South American species (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae)

By

Araujo, Rodrigo
Pádua, Diego Galvão de
Jaramillo, Jorge
Mazariegos, Luis

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

937

Pages

89--113

Subjects

Colombia , Darwin wasps , Ephialtini , Mesenia-Paramillo , Neotropical , ovipositor , parasitoid wasps , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.937.51361

 

Abstract

DolichomitusSmith is a widely distributed pimpline genus with more than seventy known species. There are eight species previously reported from South America:D. annulicornis(Cameron),D. bivittatusTownes,D. hypermecesTownes,D. jataiLoffredo & Penteado-Dias,D. longicaudaSmith,D. megalourus(Morley),D. moacyriLoffredo & Penteado-Dias andD. zonatus(Cresson). In this paper, we describe five new species:D. mariajosaeAraujo & Pádua,sp. nov.,D. menaiAraujo & Pádua,sp. nov.,D. orejuelaiAraujo & Pádua,sp. nov.,D. pimmiAraujo & Pádua,sp. nov., andD. rendoniAraujo & Pádua,sp. nov.All have been collected in cloud forests in the Colombian tropical Andes. An illustrated key to the South American species of the genus is also provided.