A striking new species of Dolichomitus Smith, 1877 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae; Pimplinae) from South America

Filippo Di Giovanni; Diego Galvão Pádua; Rodrigo Oliveira Araujo; Alvaro Doria Santos; Ilari Eerikki Sääksjärvi

doi:10.3897/BDJ.9.e67438

A striking new species of Dolichomitus Smith, 1877 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae; Pimplinae) from South America

Biodivers Data J. 2021 May 28:9:e67438. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e67438. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Filippo Di Giovanni¹, Diego Galvão Pádua², Rodrigo Oliveira Araujo³, Alvaro Doria Santos⁴, Ilari Eerikki Sääksjärvi⁵

Affiliations

¹ Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa Pisa Italy.
² Programa de Pós-Graduaçao em Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil Programa de Pós-Graduaçao em Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia Manaus Brazil.
³ Centro de Investigación de Estudios Avanzados del Maule, Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, Chile Centro de Investigación de Estudios Avanzados del Maule, Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad Católica del Maule Talca Chile.
⁴ Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo Brazil.
⁵ Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku, Turku, Finland Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku Turku Finland.

Abstract

Background: Dolichomitus Smith, 1877 is a genus of Darwin wasps characterised by their large bodies and long ovipositors, that includes more than 75 species worldwide, 20 of which occur in the Neotropical Region. Due to recent efforts, the number of species of this genus continues to increase in South America.

New information: A new iridescent species of Pimplinae, Dolichomitus meii sp. nov., is described and illustrated. It was discovered from the biological station of Yanayacu located in the north-eastern slopes of the tropical Andes. It may be separated from all other species of Dolichomitus Smith by the striking colour pattern and apically strongly decurved ovipositor.

Keywords: Ephialtini; Amazonia; Andes; Darwin wasps; Neotropics; cloud forests; idiobiont; iridescence; parasitoid; rain forest; tropical.

Filippo Di Giovanni, Diego Galvão Pádua, Rodrigo Oliveira Araujo, Alvaro Doria Santos, Ilari Eerikki Sääksjärvi.