A new species of Lathrolestes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Ecuadorian Amazonia, with a key to the Neotropical species of the genus

By

Reshchikov, Alexey
Veijalainen, Anu
Sääksjärvi, Ilari E.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

251

Pages

21-27

Subjects

Amazonia , canopy , Ctenopelmatinae , parasitoid wasp , tropical rainforest , Yasuní

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.251.3709

 

Abstract

Here we describe and illustrate a new parasitoid wasp species, Lathrolestes gauldi sp. n. from the lowland rainforest of eastern Ecuador and provide a key to the Neotropical species of the genus. This is the first record of the subfamily Ctenopelmatinae from Ecuador.