02052nas a2200265   4500008004100000245015500041210006900196300001200265490000700277520114500284653001301429653004501442653001801487653002701505653002301532653003601555100002401591700002001615700002001635700001601655700001901671700001601690700002701706856005301733       2004                        eng d00aHigh local species richness of parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae; Pimplinae and Rhyssinae) from the lowland rainforests of Peruvian Amazonia0 aHigh local species richness of parasitic wasps Hymenoptera Ichne  a735-7430 v293 a1. 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–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 species10aAmazonia10aanomalous latitudinal diversity gradient10aIchneumonidae10alocal species richness10alowland rainforest10anon-parametric species richness1 aSääksjärvi, I.E.1 aHaataja, Samuli1 aNeuvonen, Seppo1 aGauld, I.D.1 aJussila, Reijo1 aSalo, Jukka1 aBurgos, Andres, Marmol  uhttps://insectafgseag.myspecies.info/fr/node/428