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Type: Article
Published: 2015-03-24
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Habronyx Förster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Anomaloninae) in Peru and Ecuador: three new species, a range extension, and a new host record

Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum, and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 1501 Crestline Drive – Suite 140, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66045, USA Departamento de Entomología, Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Av. Arenales 1256 Jesús María, Lima 14, Perú
Departamento de Entomología, Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Av. Arenales 1256 Jesús María, Lima 14, Perú
Ichneumonoidea taxonomy parasitoids wasps hosts Paracles tapina

Abstract

The ichneumonid genus Habronyx is recorded for the first time from Peru and Ecuador, and three new species are described and figured—Habronyx (Camposcopus) flavus Alvarado, new species, H. (Habronyx) nigrofasciata Alvarado, new species, and H. (H.) saqsaywaman Alvarado, new species. Hadronyx (H.) punensis is recorded for the first time in Peru. Habronyx (H.) nigrofasciata was reared from Paracles tapina (Dyar, 1913) (Erebidae: Arctiinae). In addition, the distribution of P. tapina is expanded and figures of its larvae, pupae, and adult female and male are provided.