Published November 22, 2023 | Version v1
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Eiphosoma Cresson 1865

  • 1. Centro de Investigación de Estudios Avanzados del Maule, Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad Católica del Maule, Avenida San Miguel, 3605, Talca, Chile & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5061 - 2978
  • 2. Fundación Bioconservancy, Mesenia-Paramarillo Nature Reserve, Jardín, Antioquia, Colombia & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4882 - 0414
  • 3. Centro de Investigación de Estudios Avanzados del Maule, Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad Católica del Maule, Avenida San Miguel, 3605, Talca, Chile & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9438 - 3238

Description

Key to Colombian species of Eiphosoma Cresson, 1865

[Below we present a modification to the initial couplets of the key presented by Cuéllar-Ramírez et al. 2023b, to accommodate the two new species described here]

1 Mesosoma predominantly black.......................................................................... 2

- Mesosoma predominantly yellow..................................... couplet 4 in Cuéllar-Ramírez et al. 2023b key

2 Mesosoma entirely black; scutellum and metapleuron entirely punctuate; propodeum centrally smooth.................. 3

- Mesosoma with at least pronotum and propodeum with yellow marked, scutellum smooth and metapleuron punctate only on upper part; propodeum striate........................................ couplet 3 in Cuéllar-Ramírez et al. 2023b key

3 Fore wing completely hyaline; ovipositor dorsally sculptured............................. E. nigrum (Szépligeti, 1906)

- Fore wing hyaline with apical part strongly black; ovipositor with apex bisinuous.................................. 4

4 Propodeum with lateromedial carinae absent; scutellum strongly punctate; head with clypeus completely yellow............................................................................................... E. merceae sp. nov.

Propodeum with lateromedial carinae projecting into the superomedial region; scutellum smooth and polish without punctures; head with clypeus entirely black...................................................... E. nigroandinum sp. nov.

Notes

Published as part of Fernandes, Daniell R. R., Pádua, Diego G., Mazariegos, Luis A. & Araujo, Rodrigo O., 2023, Two new Darwin wasp species of Eiphosoma Cresson, 1865 (Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae) from the northwestern Andes of Colombia, pp. 262-272 in Zootaxa 5375 (2) on pages 263-264, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5375.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/10184279

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Ichneumonidae
Genus
Eiphosoma
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Cresson
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Eiphosoma Cresson, 1865 sec. Fernandes, Pádua, Mazariegos & Araujo, 2023

References

  • Cresson, E. T. (1865) On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 4, 1 - 200.
  • Cuellar-Ramirez, M., Ramos-Pastrana, Y. & Fernandes, D. R. R. (2023 b) Five new species of Eiphosoma Cresson, 1865 (Ichneumonidae: Cremastinae) from Colombia, new records, and a key to Colombian species. Zootaxa, 5330 (4), 451 - 491. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 5330.4.1
  • Szepligeti, G. (1906) Neu exotische Ichneumoniden aus der Sammlung des ungarischen National-Museums. Annales Historico- Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 4, 119 - 156.