Increased diversity: descriptions of new species and new distributional records of Bephrata Cameron, 1884 (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae) from the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest
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Cattleya, Chalcidoidea, Laelia, TettigoniidaeAbstract
This study focuses on the parasitoid wasps of the genus Bephrata Cameron, 1884 (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae). Existing evidence suggests that these insects act as parasitoids of eggs of species of Tettigoniidae. Here, we describe and illustrate two new species: Bephrata manauara Perioto & Lara sp. nov. and Bephrata belissima Perioto & Lara sp. nov., as well as report new geographic records for B. leptogaster Gates & Hanson, 2009 and B. noyesi Gates & Hanson, 2009 based on specimens collected using modified Malaise traps set up near Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. Additionally, we provide an identification key for the species recorded in Brazil and a map with the geographical distribution of the studied species based on literature data and examined material. With these new records there are currently 12 species of Bephrata are known in Brazil.
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