Taxonomia de Hymenoepimecis Viereck, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) na Amazônia brasileira

Abstract

Hymenoepimecis Viereck, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae), is a genus of neotropical wasp ectoparasitoid koinobiont of orb-weaving spiders. Species of the genus occurring in the Brazilian Amazon were studied here. Three species were redescribed with the addition of new characters: H. bicolor (Brullé, 1846), H. heteropus (Kriechbaumer, 1890), H. neotropica (Brues & Richardson, 1913), of which the first and two have recognized their male and all have had magnified its geographical distribution. Furthermore, seven new species were described and illustrated with colored pictures and schematic drawings of the main diagnostic characters. Finally, with the aim of gathering information for all species studied, maps with their geographic records, diagnosis and remarks were included, beyond an identification key.