02840nas a2200313 4500008004100000245009300041210006900134260001700203300001000220490000900230520199100239653001302230653001102243653001202254653001802266653001402284653001602298653001602314653000902330653001302339100001702352700002402369700001602393700001602409700001702425700001402442700001602456856005402472 2014 eng d00aThe Neotropical species of Xanthopimpla Saussure (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae)0 aNeotropical species of Xanthopimpla Saussure Hymenoptera Ichneum c4 march 2014 a57-730 v37743 a

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 Gómez, Sääksjärvi & Veijalainen, X. guianensis Gómez & Sääksjärvi sp. n., X. jussilai Veijalainen, Sääksjärvi & Broad, X. pucallpensis Gómez & Sääksjärvi sp. n. and X. vidali Gómez 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 Gómez & Sääksjärvi 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.

10aAmazonia10aBrazil10aecuador10aFrench Guiana10aidiobiont10anew species10aparasitoids10aPeru10ataxonomy1 aGÓMEZ, I.C.1 aSääksjärvi, I.E.1 aBroad, G.R.1 aPuhakka, L.1 aCastillo, C.1 aPeña, C.1 aPadua, D.G. uhttps://insectafgseag.myspecies.info/fr/node/141901732nas a2200205 4500008004100000245014800041210006900189300001200258490000700270520106500277653001201342653001501354653001201369653001401381653002301395653001601418653001901434100001901453856005401472 2011 eng d00aA contribution to the genus Astylus Laporte de Castelnau , 1836 , in Ecuador , with descriptions of three new species (Coleoptera , Melyridae )0 acontribution to the genus Astylus Laporte de Castelnau 1836 in E a39–610 v333 a

Three species of the genus Astylus in Ecuador are here described as new to science: A. lojaensis, sp.nov. (prov. Loja), A. longulus, sp.nov. (prov. Loja) and A. moreti, sp.nov. (prov. Azuay). The following new synonymies are established: Astylus curtus Pic, 1919, A. peruvianus Pic, 1919 and A. punctatus Pic, 1919 are synonyms of A. bonplandi Erichson, 1847; Astylus bourgeoisi var. quinquenotatus Pic, 1920, Astylus bourgeoisi var. trimaculataus Pic, 1920, Astylus cribrosus Pic, 1919 and Astylus riveti Bourgeois, 1911 are synonyms of A. bourgeoisi Kirsch, 1889; Astylus mutatus Pic, 1919 and A. mutatus var. subseparatus Pic, 1920 are synonyms of A. pallipes Kirsch, 1889. Lectotypes are designated for Astylus rubripennis (Latreille, 1811) and A. bonplandi Erichson, 1847. Akey to differentiate the eleven Ecuadorian species of Astylus is provided, as are illustrations of the habitus of the new species, and details of the genital characters of all the species addressed. New faunistic data are also presented as maps of distribution in Ecuador.

10aastylus10aColeoptera10aecuador10amelyridae10anew faunistic data10anew species10anew synonymies1 aConstantin, R. uhttps://insectafgseag.myspecies.info/fr/node/127802091nas a2200277 4500008004100000245016400041210006900205300000900274490000600283520116300289653001201452653001701464653001201481653003101493653004301524653001601567653003001583653002401613653001001637653003201647653002201679100002001701700002001721700001901741856005301760 2009 eng d00aReared microgastrine wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Yanayacu Biological Station and environs (Napo Province, Ecuador): diversity and host specialization.0 aReared microgastrine wasps Hymenoptera Braconidae from Yanayacu  a1-220 v93 aThe microgastrine braconid wasps recovered up through 2007 by the NSF-sponsored rearing project "Caterpillars and Parasitoids of the Eastern Andes in Ecuador" are summarized in terms of their host specialization and faunistic uniqueness. Two hundred fifty eight rearings of caterpillars resulted in records of Microgastrinae, distributed among 14 genera (Apanteles Förster, Choeras Mason, Cotesia Cameron, Diolcogaster Ashmead, Distatrix Mason, Dolichogenidea Viereck, Exix Mason, Glyptapanteles Ashmead, Hypomicrogaster Ashmead, Papanteles Mason, Parapanteles Ashmead, Protapanteles Ashmead, Sathon Mason and Venanus Mason). Eleven records of hyperparasitoids of Microgastrinae are also summarized; Mesochorus Gravenhorst (Ichneumonidae) and Perilampidae are both recorded. The results are compared to those recovered by surveys in other parts of the world, especially by the Janzen-Hallwachs survey of the Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG) in Costa Rica. An annotated list of microgastrine genera not yet recorded at Yanayacu, but which we expect to eventually find there based on extrapolation from their known geographic distributions, is provided.10aAnimals10abiodiversity10aecuador10aHost-Parasite Interactions10aHost-Parasite Interactions: physiology10alepidoptera10aLepidoptera: parasitology10aSpecies Specificity10aWasps10aWasps: growth & development10aWasps: physiology1 aWhitfield, J.B.1 aRodriguez, J.J.1 aMasonick, P.K. uhttps://insectafgseag.myspecies.info/fr/node/53101919nas a2200301 4500008004100000245013600041210006900177300001200246490000700258520095800265653002801223653002501251653001501276653001201291653003601303653002201339653001001361653002801371653003101399653001001430653003301440653002201473653002001495100001801515700001601533700001501549856005301564 2005 eng d00aExtraordinary Predation by the Neotropical Army Ant Cheliomyrmex andicola: Implications for the Evolution of the Army Ant Syndrome10 aExtraordinary Predation by the Neotropical Army Ant Cheliomyrmex a706-7090 v373 aWorkers of the genus Cheliomyrmex are unique among the New world army ants (subfamily Ecitoninae) in that their mandibles are armed with elongate, spine-like teeth.We present the first prey records for this genus. Cheliomyrmex andicola prey on large-bodied ground dwelling invertebrates and, possibly, on vertebrates. Unlike other army ants, C. andicola workers use their sting during prey capture. The workers’ unusual mandibles and potent stings may be adapted for piercing and gripping the integument of nonarthropod prey animals, and for rapidly subduing large-bodied prey, respectively. The genus Cheliomyrmex may be the sister taxon to other Neotropical army ants (Ecitoninae), and Cheliomyrmex shares features of mandibular morphology and prey selection withOldWorld driver ants in the genus Dorylus. Mass cooperative foraging, an important element of army ant behavior, may have arisen in part as an adaptation for exploiting large-bodied prey10aa mong eusocial insects10aarmy ants exhibit an10aecitoninae10aecuador10aforaging behavior that involves10agroups of workers10alarge10amandibular modification10araid parties that comprise10asting10athe obligate coordination of10athousands to hun-10aunusual type of1 aO'Donnell, S.1 aKaspari, M.1 aLattke, J. uhttps://insectafgseag.myspecies.info/fr/node/400