Epirhyssa braconoides Porter 1978

(Figs 1 B, 2B, 3B)

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from all other Neotropical Epirhyssa by the combination of the following characters: 1) fore wing with two blackish bands; 2) apex of hind wing blackish; 3) facial orbits generally white (blackish in a few specimens); and 4) base of hind coxae orange.

Distribution. Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru.

Material examined. Brazil: Male, (BMNH) Bahia, Cepec Itabuna, F.P. Benton leg., 4.VIII.1979.

Ecuador: Male (USNM), Dept. Orellana, Onkone gare, 216 m., Erwin et al. leg., fogging 0° 39’ S, 76°27’ W, X.1995. Male (USNM), Dept. Orellana, Tiputini, 250 m., Erwin et al. leg., fogging 0° 37’ S, 76°08’ W, X.1998.

Colombia: Female (NHRS), Amazonas, PNN Amacayacu, 150 m., 3° 23’ S, 70°6’ W, A. Parente leg., Malaise, 28.V–11.VI.2001. Male, (BMNH) Vaupes, Miraflores, 31.I–5.II.1972, M.Cooper. B.M 1972-275.

Peru: Female (ZMUT), Dept. of Madre de Dios, Los Amigos, 290 m., Isrrael Gómez leg Malaise trap, 21–28.V.2008. Female (ZMUT), as above but, 240 m., 24–31.VII.2008. Female (ZMUT): Dept. Loreto, Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo Mishana, 3°58’ S, 73°25’ W, 124 m., I. Gómez & Sääksjärvi leg., Net, 11–17.VII.2011. Female (ZMUT): Dept. Loreto, Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana, 3°58’29” S, 73°25’46” W, 124 m., Sääksjärvi et al. leg., Malaise, 7–13.VIII.2011. Female (ZMUT). Dept. of Cusco, Amarakaeri, 12°55’ S, 70°51’ W, 333– 884 m., Vilchez & Castillo leg., net, IX.2010.

Biological notes. This species is well distributed in the whole Amazon region and is recorded for the first time from Colombia and Ecuador.