Hymenoepimecis amazonensis, Pádua, Diego G., Oliveira, Marcio L., Onody, Helena C., Sobczak, Jober F., Sääksjärvi, Ilari E. & Gómez, Isrrael C., 2015

Pádua, Diego G., Oliveira, Marcio L., Onody, Helena C., Sobczak, Jober F., Sääksjärvi, Ilari E. & Gómez, Isrrael C., 2015, The Brazilian Amazonian species of Hymenoepimecis Viereck, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae), Zootaxa 4058 (2), pp. 175-194 : 176-177

Key to the Brazilian Amazonian species of Hymenoepimecis

[The males of H. amazonensis sp. n., H. bicolor , H. heteropus , H. kleini sp. n. and H. neotropica are unknown].

1 Female; ovipositor projecting conspicuously beyond apex of metasoma........................................... 2

- Male............................................................................................... 10

2 Face sculptured below the insertion of antennae, with longitudinal carina in the middle part ( Fig. 1 ); head with occipital carina projected, not curved upwards, with a concavity dorsally in the apex ( Fig. 3 ); pronotum with the pocket-like structure reduced longitudinally ( Fig. 3 ); sternite I with a ventral projection, spine-like, posteriorly ( Fig. 5 )............................. 3

- Face not sculptured below the insertion of antennae, without longitudinal carina in the middle part ( Fig. 2 ); head with occipital carina projected and curved upwards, without a concavity in the apex dorsal ( Fig. 4 ); pronotum with the pocket-like structure not reduced longitudinally ( Fig. 4 ); sternite I with a low, rounded swelling posteriorly ( Fig. 6 ) or with a high, laterally compressed, nasute ventral protuberance ( Fig. 7 )................................................................ 5

3 Fore wing blackish, with yellowish hyaline band between junction of vein R 1 up to pterostigma until half vein M ( Fig. 8 ); hind

leg black, with base of coxa orange ( Fig. 10 ); tergites I–V uniformly orange, tergites VI+ blacks ( Fig. 10 ); ovipositor 1.1–1.2 × as long as hind tibia..................................................................... H. uberensis sp. n. - Fore wing hyaline ( Fig. 9 ); hind leg with coxa, trochanter and trochantellus orange, with apex of femur, tibia and tarsus brown blackish ( Fig. 11 ); metasoma, with posterior margins of tergites II–V narrowly black, tergites VI+ blacks ( Fig. 11 ); ovipositor 1.3–1.4 × as long as hind tibia............................................................................ 4

4 Tarsal claw with a flat preapical tooth, apex of claw 3.0 × the lenght of the tooth ( Fig. 12 )................. H. kleini sp. n.

- Tarsal claw with short basal lobe vertically, slightly quadrangular, apex of claw clearly overtaking the lobe ( Fig. 13 ).......................................................................................... H. amazonensis sp. n.

5 Fore wing hyaline ( Fig. 9 ) or hyaline yellowish, with black apex ( Fig. 14 )........................................ 6

- Fore wing hyaline yellowish, with two blackish bands ( Fig. 15 ) or black with yellowish hyaline band between junction of vein R 1 up to pterostigma until half vein M ( Fig. 8 )............................................................... 7

6 Fore wing hyaline yellowish, with black apex ( Fig. 14 ); hind leg, with base of coxa orange ( Fig. 10 ); sternite with a high, laterally compressed, nasute ventral protuberance ( Fig. 7 )..................................... H. bicolor ( Brullé, 1846)

- Fore wing hyaline ( Fig. 9 ); hind leg orange, with apex femur, tibia and tarsus blacks ( Fig. 11 ); sternite I with a low, rounded swelling posteriorly ( Fig. 6 ).............................................................. H. manauara sp. n.

7 Ovipositor <1.3 × as long as hind tibia.................................................................... 8

- Ovipositor> 1.4 × as long as hind tibia.................................................................... 9

8 Metasoma black, except tergite I orange ( Fig. 18 ); ovipositor 0.9 × as long as hind tibia.... heteropus ( Kriechbaumer, 1890)

- Metasoma with tergites I–V oranges, tergites VI+ blacks ( Fig. 10 ); ovipositor 1.2–1.3 × as long as hind tibia H. ribeiroi sp. n.

9 Pronotum black ( Fig. 16 ); tarsal claw narrow elongated vertically, with apex slightly overtaking the lobe ( Fig. 20 )............................................................................................... H. duckensis sp. n.

- Pronotum orange, with black anterior part ( Fig. 19 ); tarsal claw with preapical tooth ( Fig. 21 )............................................................................................ H. neotropica ( Brues & Richardson, 1913)

10 Face sculptured below the insertion of antennae, with a longitudinal carina in the middle part ( Fig. 1 ); head with occipital carina projected, not curved upwards, with a concavity dorsally in the apex ( Fig. 3 ); pronotum with the opening pocket-like structure reduced longitudinally ( Fig. 3 ); fore wing black with yellowish hyaline band between junction of vein R 1 up to pterostigma until half vein M ( Fig. 8 )....................................................... H. uberensis sp. n.

- Face not sculptured below the insertion of antennae, without longitudinal carina in the middle part ( Fig. 2 ); head with occipital carina projected and curved upwards without a concavity in the apex dorsal ( Fig. 4 ); pronotum with the pocket-like structure not reduced longitudinally ( Fig. 4 ); fore wing hyaline ( Fig. 9 ) or hyaline yellowish, with two blackish bands ( Fig. 15 ).... 11

11 Fore wing hyaline ( Fig. 9 ); hind leg orange, with apex of femur, tibia and tarsus blacks ( Fig. 11 )....... H. manauara sp. n.

- Fore wing hyaline yellowish with two blackish bands ( Fig. 15 ) or black with yellowish hyaline band between junction of vein R 1 up to pterostigma until half vein M ( Fig. 8 ).............................................................. 12

12 Pronotum black ( Fig. 16 ); hind leg black, with base of coxa orange ( Fig. 10 )........................ H. duckensis sp. n.

- Pronotum orange; hind leg orange, with tibia and tarsus blacks ( Fig. 17 )............................. H. ribeiroi sp. n.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 21. Hymenoepimecis species. 1 – 2, heads, frontal view: (1) H. uberensis sp. n.; (2) H. manauara sp. n .. 3 – 4, head and anterior part of mesosoma, dorsal view: (3) H. uberensis sp. n.; (4) H. manauara sp. n .. 5 – 7, propodeum, hind coxa and sternite I, lateral view: (5) H uberensis sp. n.; (6) H. duckensis sp. n.; (7) H. bicolor. 8 – 9, fore wing, showing colour pattern: (8) H. uberensis; (9) H. manauara sp. n .. 10 – 11, propodeum, hind leg and metasoma, showing colour pattern: (10) H. ribeiroi sp. n.; (11) H. manauara sp. n .. 12 – 13, tarsal claw, lateral view: (12) H. kleini sp. n.; (13) H. amazonensis sp. n .. 14 – 15, fore wing, showing colour pattern: (14) H. bicolor; (15) H. duckensis sp. n .. 16, H. duckensis sp. n., head and anterior part of mesosoma, showing colour pattern. 17 – 18, propodeum, hind leg and metasoma, showing colour pattern: (17) H. ribeiroi sp. n.; (18) H. heteropus. 19, H. neotropica, head and anterior part of mesosoma, showing colour pattern. 20 – 21, tarsal claw, lateral view: (20) H. duckensis sp. n.; (21) H. neotropica.