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Issue: Vol. 3469 No. 1: 7 Sep. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-09-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3469.1.1
Page range: 1–76
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A review of Debilos Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae) with description of twenty-seven new species

Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Avenida Marechal Campos 1468, Eucalipto, Vitória, ES, Brazil, 29043-900
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Avenida Marechal Campos 1468, Eucalipto, Vitória, ES, Brazil, 29043-900
Hymenoptera Mesostenina Neotropical Phygadeuontinae

Abstract

Debilos Townes, a group of common Neotropical wasps classified in Goryphina (Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae: Cryptini) isrevised and redefined, and the first key for its species is provided. The previously known D. soror (Trentepohl) and D.trochanteratum (Szépligeti) are redescribed, and 27 species are described as new. The female of D. trochanteratum is re-ported for the first time. For the purpose of discussion of morphologically similar species, five informal species groupsare proposed, which include 27 of the 29 species: the D. soror group (D. soror, D. dnopheror sp. nov., D. dialeucor sp.nov., and D. palaior sp. nov.), the D. orthum group (D. orthum sp. nov. and D. gnampthum sp. nov.), the D. typurum group(D. typurum sp. nov., D. owinum sp. nov., D. pekujum sp. nov., D. okum sp. nov., D. okarum sp. nov., D. umentum sp.nov., D. aserum sp. nov., D. anokum sp. nov., D. masipum sp. nov., D. sanimum sp. nov., D. tasamunum sp. nov., and D.makirum sp. nov.), the D. prionilix group (D. prionilix sp. nov., and D. crusilix sp. nov.), and the D. trochanteratum group(D. trochanteratum, D. melachrosatum sp. nov., D. petiolatum sp. nov., D. nivatum sp. nov., D. curtuvenatum sp. nov.,D. labeculatum sp. nov., and D. xanthochrosatum sp. nov.). Debilos frater sp. nov. and D. indistinctum sp. nov. are also described but not included in these groups. All species are illustrated and their distributions are mapped.Key-words: Mesostenina, Neotropical, Phygadeuontinae

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