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Issue: Vol. 5418 No. 2: 28 Feb. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-02-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5418.2.1
Page range: 101-139
Abstract views: 9
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Synopsis of the Darwin wasp Chirotica Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Phygadeuontinae) in Brazil

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia—INPA; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia; Campus II; Caixa postal 478; CEP 69011-97; Manaus; Amazonas; Brazil
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia—INPA; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia; Campus II; Caixa postal 478; CEP 69011-97; Manaus; Amazonas; Brazil
Hymenoptera Ichneumonoidea Neotropical parasitoids Psychidae

Abstract

The Darwin wasp genus Chirotica Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Phygadeuontinae) is poorly represented in Brazilian entomological collections, with only three previously described species. Herein, four new species are described and illustrated: C. juquia sp. nov., C. maraca sp. nov., C. mariua sp. nov. and C. nigra sp. nov.. Four other species are recorded for the first time for Brazil: Chirotica brevilabris Townes, 1983, C. pothina (Marshall, 1982), C. bruchii (Brèthes, 1904) and C. stangei Townes, 1983. New morphological characters, comparative diagnoses, distribution maps and an illustrated key to the Brazilian species are also provided.

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