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Issue: Vol. 5862 No. 1: 4 Aug. 2026
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2026-08-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5862.1.11
Page range: 195-198
Abstract views: 241
PDF downloaded: 31

Description of the Neotropical Neurateles caatingaensis sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Orthocentrinae) from Brazil

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais; Universidade Federal de São Carlos; CP 676; CEP 13.565-905; São Carlos; SP; Brazil.
I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; B. Khmelnytskogo Str. 15; Kyiv 01054; Ukraine.
Universidade Federal de São Carlos; Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva; CP 676; CEP 13.565-905; São Carlos; SP; Brazil.
Hymenoptera Neurateles caatingaensis Orthocentrinae Ichneumonidae Brazil

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How to Cite

Scanavachi, J., Varga, O. & Penteado-Dias, A.M. (2026) Description of the Neotropical Neurateles caatingaensis sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Orthocentrinae) from Brazil. Zootaxa, 5862 (1), 195–198. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5862.1.11