@article {1419, title = {The Neotropical species of Xanthopimpla Saussure (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3774}, year = {2014}, month = {4 march 2014}, pages = {57-73}, chapter = {57}, abstract = {

Xanthopimpla Saussure, 1892 is one of the largest and best studied genera of the family Ichneumonidae. It is most species rich in the Oriental and Afrotropical regions with only a few species occurring in Central and South America. The present study reviews the Neotropical species of the genus including descriptions of four new species from Amazonia and Northeast South America. We define a new species group: the amazonica species-group, to accommodate the following five species: X. amazonica G\ómez, S\ä\äksj\ärvi \& Veijalainen, X. guianensis G\ómez \& S\ä\äksj\ärvi sp. n., X. jussilai Veijalainen, S\ä\äksj\ärvi \& Broad, X. pucallpensis G\ómez \& S\ä\äksj\ärvi sp. n. and X. vidali G\ómez sp. n. The aurita species-group, which had hitherto been regarded as the only species-group in the Neotropical region, is currently represented by five species: X. allpahuaya G\ómez \& S\ä\äksj\ärvi sp. n., X. aurita Krieger, X. craspedoptera Krieger, X. rhabdomera Townes and X. spiloptera Krieger. The Andean species X. peruana Krieger is established as an unplaced species outside of the amazonica and aurita species-groups. A key to Neotropical species-groups and species of Xanthopimpla is provided. Xanthopimpla aurita is recorded for the first time from Ecuador and Colombia and its extensive distribution is discussed. Xanthopimpla amazonica, X. craspedoptera and X. jussilai are recorded for the first time from Brazil; X. amazonica is recorded for the first time from French Guiana; X. spiloptera is recorded for the first time from French Guiana and Peru, and X. rhabdomera is recorded for the first time from Peru.

}, keywords = {Amazonia, Brazil, ecuador, French Guiana, idiobiont, new species, parasitoids, Peru, taxonomy}, doi = {dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3774.1.4}, author = {G{\'O}MEZ, I.C. and S{\"a}{\"a}ksj{\"a}rvi, I.E. and Broad, G.R. and Puhakka, L. and Castillo, C. and Pe{\~n}a, C. and Padua, D.G.} } @article {428, title = {High local species richness of parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae; Pimplinae and Rhyssinae) from the lowland rainforests of Peruvian Amazonia}, journal = {Ecological Entomology}, volume = {29}, year = {2004}, pages = {735-743}, abstract = {1. The parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) is of great interest because it has been claimed that its species richness does not increase with decreasing latitude. 2. No extensive studies of the family have been conducted in South American localities. 3. Arthropods were sampled using 27 Malaise traps in the Allpahuayo{\textendash}Mishana National Reserve (56 000 ha) in the north-eastern Peruvian Amazonian lowland rainforest. The total duration of the sampling programme was 185 Malaise trap months. 4. Altogether, 88 species were collected. This is one of the highest local pimpline and rhyssine species numbers ever recorded. A comparison with results from Mesoamerica revealed that at equal numbers of individuals sampled, the number of Pimplinae and Rhyssinae species in Peruvian Amazonia is at least twofold compared with lowland locations in Mesoamerica and somewhat higher than in the most species-rich Costa Rican higher altitude localities. 5. Non-parametric methods of estimating species richness were applied. These suggest that additional sampling would yield a considerable number of new Pimplinae and/or Rhyssinae species}, keywords = {Amazonia, anomalous latitudinal diversity gradient, Ichneumonidae, local species richness, lowland rainforest, non-parametric species richness}, author = {S{\"a}{\"a}ksj{\"a}rvi, I.E. and Haataja, Samuli and Neuvonen, Seppo and Gauld, I.D. and Jussila, Reijo and Salo, Jukka and Burgos, Andres Marmol} } @article {404, title = {Lamnatibia, a new genus of the Polysphincta group of genera from Colombia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae; Pimplinae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1431}, year = {2007}, pages = {55-63}, abstract = {A new genus and species of the Polysphincta group of genera (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae; Pimplinae), Lamnatibia andina Palacio \& S{\"a}{\"a}ksj{\"a}rvi, is described from the cloudforests of the Colombian Andes. The new genus can be easily separated from other genera of the Polysphincta group by the specialized shape of the fore and middle femora, the pres- ence of a thin, longitudinal ridge in the inner face of the fore and middle tibiae, and the combined absence of occipital and epicnemial carinae. The new genus{\textquoteright}s potential affinities with other genera of the Polysphincta group and its distribu- tion are discussed.}, keywords = {Colombia, Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Lamnatibia, neotropics, new genus, new species, phy- logeny, pimplinae, south america, taxonomy}, isbn = {1010021001}, author = {Palacio, E. and S{\"a}{\"a}ksj{\"a}rvi, I.E. and Vahtera, V.} } @article {323, title = {Two new species of Xanthopimpla (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Western Amazonia, with a revised key to the Neotropical species of the genus}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {14}, year = {2009}, pages = {55-65}, abstract = {Xanthopimpla Saussure, 1892 is one of the largest genera of the family Ichneumonidae. T e genus is very species rich in Indo-Australia but poorly represented in the Neotropical region. In this paper two morpho- logically very distinctive species of the genus, X. amazonica sp. n. G{\'o}mez, S{\"a}{\"a}ksj{\"a}rvi \& Veijalainen, and X. jussilai sp. n. Veijalainen, S{\"a}{\"a}ksj{\"a}rvi \& Broad, are described and illustrated. T e new species have been collected in the Peruvian and Ecuadorean Amazonia. A revised key to the Neotropical species of the genus is provided. Xanthopimpla aurita Krieger is recorded for the fi rst time from Peru.}, keywords = {Amazonia, Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, new species, pimplinae, taxonomy, Xanthopimpla}, author = {G{\'o}mez, Isrrael Carlos and S{\"a}{\"a}ksj{\"a}rvi, I.E. and Veijalainen, Anu and Broad, G.R.} }