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Issue: Vol. 4941 No. 4: 10 Mar. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-03-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4941.4.4
Page range: 542–552
Abstract views: 98
PDF downloaded: 8

A new species of Procestus Townes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Banchinae) from Brazil

University of Munich (LMU) Biozentrum Martinsried, Großhadernerstr. 2, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Rod. Washington Luís, km 235, CEP 13565-905, São Carlos, SP, Brasil.
Hymenoptera Ichneumonoidea Darwin wasps South America Neotropics taxonomy identification key Atrophini

Abstract

A new species of Procestus Townes, 1970 is described from Brazil. An identification key to all known species is provided. Figures of the holotypes of Procestus nabis Townes, 1970 and P. simplex Townes, 1970, and a paratype of P. pammae Ugalde & Gauld, 2002 are included.

                Procestus nabis and P. simplex are redescribed.

 

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