Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4501657 | Revista Brasileira de Entomologia | 2015 | 15 Pages |
Abstract
A revision of the taxonomic status and an identification key for wasp species of the genus Mischocyttarus related to M. punctatus ( Ducke, 1904) are presented here. Six new species are proposed (M. tayrona Silveira sp. nov.; M. anchicaya Silveira sp. nov.; M. caxiuana Silveira sp. nov.; M. verissimoi Silveira sp. nov.; M. rodriguesi Silveira sp. nov.; M. ryani Silveira sp. nov.), raising to nine the number of species in the M. punctatus group. The highest diversity of the group concentrates in northern South America, in Andean areas and Amazonia. New information concerning the very peculiar nests of these wasps is also given.
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Authors
Orlando Tobias Silveira, Suzanna de Sousa Silva, Sherlem Patricia de Seixas Felizardo,