Amazoboea, a new genus of Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from western Amazonia

By

Sääksjärvi, Ilari E.
Broad, Gavin R.
Veijalainen, Anu
Österman, Emil
Kaunisto, Kari M.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-10-1

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1254

Pages

207--215

Subjects

Biodiversity , Canopy fogging , Neotropical , parasitoid wasps , South America

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1254.168429

 

Abstract

We describe a new monotypic genus of Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Banchinae) from the Yasuní region, Ecuador: Amazoboeagen. nov. is described to accommodate A. selvasp. nov. The new genus was discovered from samples collected by canopy fogging in lowland rainforest. Amazoboea is placed in the tribe Atrophini where it is morphologically very distinctive and easily separated from all other banchine genera. Through the description of Amazoboea, we aim to draw attention to the considerable, yet little-known and threatened, fauna of Amazonian Darwin wasps.