ABSTRACT
Orionis is a small Neotropical euphorine genus, currently in the tribe Perilitini. Although the biology of the genus is unknown, Orionis eximius (Muesebeck) was described from a single female specimen reared from a cocoon associated with Lantana camara. Here, we present a taxonomic revision of Orionis and the first records of the genus from South America and Thailand, with descriptions of three new species: O. brasiliensis sp. nov., O. ecuadoriensis sp. nov. and O. orientalis sp. nov. We also report the first record of O. eximius from South America (Ecuador). A revised key for the described species is presented.
Subject(s)
Wasps/classification , Wasps/physiology , Animal Distribution , Animals , Female , South America , Species Specificity , Thailand , Wasps/anatomy & histologyABSTRACT
In this paper, we study the Mendesellinae wasps from Brazil deposited at Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva da Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil collection. Two new species of Epsilogaster (E. masoni sp. n. and E. whitfieldi sp. n.) and four new species of Mendesella (M. albipleura sp. n., M. itatiaia sp. n., M. japi sp. n., M. yamadai sp. n.) are described and illustrated.
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Wasps/classification , Animals , Brazil , Female , Male , Species Specificity , Wasps/anatomy & histologyABSTRACT
In this paper a new species of doryctine wasp of the small and rarely collected genus Labania Hedqvist (Braconidae: Doryctinae) is described and illustrated from Brazil. Labania carolinae sp.n. is similar to Labania minuta Marsh, but it can be easily distinguished by the head yellow, with stemmaticum black, mesosoma and metasoma yellow, legs whitish yellow, propodeum with distinct areola, fore wing vein 1cu-a interstitial with 1M, and long ovipositor.
