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Issue: Vol. 4013 No. 2: 8 Sept. 2015
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2015-09-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.2.9
Page range: 287–292
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 1

Clistopyga caramba sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae; Pimplinae), an astonishing example of mimicry in spider-attacking parasitoid wasps

Zoological Museum, Section of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences, Department of Biology, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland.
Zoological Museum, Section of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences, Department of Biology, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland.
Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales / Instituto de Investigación de Biodiversidad CIBIO, Universidad de Alicante, Ap. Corr. 99, 03080 Alicante, Spain.
Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, London SW7 5BD, UK.
Hymenoptera Amazonia Andes Peru morphology ants spiders mimicry Salticidae rain forests Neotropical

Abstract

Clistopyga caramba sp. nov. Castillo & Sääksjärvi, collected from the tropical Andean-Amazonian interface in Peru, is described and illustrated. The new species is characterized by highly modified posterior metasomal tergites and a rare colour pattern of the metasoma. Two possible explanations for the bizarre metasomal morphology and colouration are proposed