Open AccessThe Neotropical species of Clistopyga (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae). Part I: the C. chaconi species group, with the description of eleven new species
Author(s) -
Santiago Bordera,
Ilari E. Sääksjärvi,
Carol Castillo,
Edgard Palacio,
Alejandra GonzálezMoreno
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
european journal of taxonomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2118-9773
DOI - 10.5852/ejt.2016.206
Subject(s) - biology , species group , ichneumonidae , hymenoptera , taxonomy (biology) , key (lock) , zoology , identification key , ecology , parasitoid
The New World Clistopyga chaconi species group is revised. Eleven species are described as new: C. amazonica sp. nov., C. cinnamoptera sp. nov., C. cuscoensis sp. nov., C. hayesiana sp. nov., C. melanoptera sp. nov., C. misionensis sp. nov., C. mocaguae sp. nov., C. orellanae sp. nov., C. porteri sp. nov., C. rondoniae sp. nov. and C. yabuquensis sp. nov. Additional morphological data are provided for the previously known species, C. caramba Castillo & Sääksjärvi and C. chaconi Gauld. An illustrated identification key to all species of the group is provided. The Clistopyga chaconi species group appears to be most diverse at the Andean and Amazonian interface in western South America.This study was partially supported by the projects “El valor de las Reservas Privadas en la conservación de la diversidad de insectos parasitoides” (Instituto Tecnológico Nacional de México, Code: 5554.15-P) and “Biodiversity and multitrophic interactions” (Kone Foundation, Finland)