Stethantyx heredia Khalaim & Broad, 2013

Khalaim, Andrey I., Sääksjärvi, Ilari E. & Bordera, Santiago, 2013, Tersilochinae of Western Amazonia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Genus Stethantyx Townes, part 1, Zootaxa 3741 (3), pp. 301-326 : 309

Stethantyx heredia Khalaim & Broad, 2013

( Figs 12–14 )

Remarks. The species is reported for the first time from South America. Specimens from Peru and Ecuador are structurally and in colour pattern very similar to material collected from Costa Rica.

Material examined. Peru, Loreto: 1 ♀ (ZMUT) Iquitos Area, Allpahuayo, clayish soil, coll. I.E. Sääksjärvi et al. 2 ♀ (ZMUT, ZISP) same data, but varillal, 4–20.X.1998, 17.XII.2007 – 20.I.2008. 1 ♂ (ZMUT) same locality, 30º58′35′′ S, 76º27′10.8′′ W, 5–11.XII.2011, coll. I. Gómez & I.E. Sääksjärvi. Madre de Dios: 1 ♀ (ZMUT) Los Amigos, 233.4 m, 3–10.VII.2008, coll. I. Gómez. Ecuador, Orellana : 1 ♂ (ZMUT) Tiputini, 0º37′55′′ S, 76º08′39′′ W, 220–250 m, canopy fogging, 5.VII.1998, coll. T.L. Erwin et al.

Distribution. Costa Rica, Ecuador ( Orellana ), Peru (Loreto, Madre de Dios).

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 14. Stethantyx aurantia sp. nov., ♀, holotype: 9 — head, mesosoma and metasoma, lateral; 10 — head with antennae, lateral; 11 — propodeum, dorsolateral. Stethantyx heredia, ♀: 12 — head, frontal; 13 — mesoscutum and scutellum, dorsal; 14 — propodeum, dorsolateral.