Contributions to the taxonomy of the Brazilian Leurus Townes, 1946 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Metopiinae)

Henrique Pereira Moleiro; Helena Carolina Onody; Gabriela Procópio Camacho; Angélica Maria Penteado-Dias; Mabel Alvarado Gutierrez; Ricardo Javier Ballón-Estacio; Alvaro Doria dos Santos

doi:10.11606/1807-0205/2023.63.021

Authors

Henrique Pereira Moleiro Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Museu de Zoologia (MZUSP). São Paulo, SP, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0748-4637
Helena Carolina Onody Universidade Estadual do Piauí (UESPI), Corrente, PI, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3570-8183
Gabriela Procópio Camacho Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Museu de Zoologia (MZUSP). São Paulo, SP, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8792-7719
Angélica Maria Penteado-Dias Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR), Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS), Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva (DEBE). São Carlos, SP, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8371-5591
Mabel Alvarado Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (USMSM), Museo de Historia Natural, Departamento de Entomología. Lima, D.C., Perú. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8135-9223
Ricardo Javier Ballón-Estacio Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (USMSM), Museo de Historia Natural, Departamento de Entomología. Lima, D.C., Perú. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5465-9391
Alvaro Doria dos Santos Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Museu de Zoologia (MZUSP). São Paulo, SP, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7997-4195

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2023.63.021

Keywords:

Wasps, Ichneumonoidea, New Records, Parasitoids

Abstract

Leurus Townes, 1946 is a small genus of Metopiinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), consisting of 13 described species distributed in the Neotropics and the Nearctic region. The present work aims to contribute to the taxonomic knowledge of Leurus in Brazil. A total of 109 specimens were identified and 15 literature records were analyzed. The genus geographical occurrence was evaluated according to data obtained from the literature and labels of analyzed specimens. Five species of Leurus were identified for the Brazilian fauna: L. angustignathus, L. caeruliventris, L. discus, L. gracius and L. nostrus. New municipality records of occurrence were made for L. angustignathus in the state of São Paulo, L. caeruliventris in the states of Bahia, Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Piauí and Rondônia; for, L. discus in the state of Alagoas and São Paulo, and L. gracius in the state of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo. Females of L. angustignathus and L. gracius were described for the first time in the present study. The genitalia of males of L. caeruliventris, L. discus and L. gracius were described and illustrated for the first time.

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