Taxonomic review of the elampine cuckoo wasps from northeastern Brazil (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), with the description of three new species

Autor(es)

Lucena, Daercio A. A. ; Santos-Neto, Pedro E. ; Zanella, Fernando C., V ; Almeida, Eduardo A. B.

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Zootaxa; v. 5213, n. 3, p. 35-pg., 2022-11-25.

Resumo

The diversity of the Elampini cuckoo wasps in northeastern Brazil is reviewed. Three new species are described: Hedychrum oxente Lucena & Zanella sp. nov., Holopyga lunae Lucena sp. nov., and Muesebeckidium clemensi Lucena & Zanella sp. nov. A lectotype is designated for Holopyga piliventris Ducke, 1907 and herein illustrated. Elampus aequinoctialis Ducke, 1901 is restored as a valid species (previously synonymized with Elampus gayi Spinola, 1851) and diagnosed. Holophris huberi (Ducke, 1901) and Muesebeckidium clemensi sp. nov. represent the first records of both genera to northeastern Brazil. New records along with up-to-date distributional maps are discussed, and an identification key to the species of Holopyga from northeastern Brazil is provided. The total diversity of Elampini recorded for northeastern Brazil is now represented by the following eight species: Elampus aequinoctialis Ducke, 1901, Exallopyga guatemalensis (Cameron, 1888), Hedychrum oxente Lucena & Zanella sp. nov., Holophris huberi (Ducke, 1901), Holopyga iheringi du Buysson, 1901, H. lunae Lucena sp. nov., H. piliventris Ducke, 1907, and Muesebeckidium clemensi Lucena & Zanella sp. nov. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 15/12326-3 - Sistemática e biogeografia das vespas Chrysidini (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)
• Beneficiário: Daercio Adam de Araújo Lucena
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 18/09666-5 - Sistemática filogenômica, morfologia comparada e biogeografia de abelhas (Hymenoptera: Anthophila)
• Beneficiário: Eduardo Andrade Botelho de Almeida
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular
• Processo FAPESP: 17/25081-4 - Sistemática das vespas cuco neotropicais (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae: Chrysidinae)
• Beneficiário: Daercio Adam de Araújo Lucena
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Exterior - Estágio de Pesquisa - Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 19/09215-6 - Desimpedimento taxonômico de vespas aculeadas: visões micro e macro-regionais da fauna neotropical
• Beneficiário: Fernando Barbosa Noll
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Temático