Mnioes Townes, 1946

Ballon-Estacio, Ricardo & Alvarado, Mabel, 2024, Three new species of parasitoid wasps of the genus Mnioes Townes, 1946 (Ichneumonidae: Banchinae) in a humid forest in Peru, Zootaxa 5523 (2), pp. 269-283 : 272-282

Mnioes Townes, 1946

Mnioes Townes, 1946 in Townes, 1946: 58.

Type-species Lampronota jacunda Cresson, 1874 , by original designation.

Mnioes Townes, 1970: 24 . Redescription.

Mnioes Ugalde-Gómez & Gauld, 2002: 565 . Redescription.

Mnioes Alvarado, 2020: 182 . Diagnosis.

Key to Peruvian species of Mnioes (modified from Alvarado 2020)

1. Female............................................................................................. 2

-. Male (unknown in iskay, kinsa, pisqa, poncei, pusaq and qanchis)............................................. 14

2. Antenna without white- or yellow-band; metasomal tergites shiny, softly granulate..................... iskay Alvarado

-. Antenna with white- or yellow-band or with white or yellow colour in some articles of the flagellum; metasomal tergites granulate, mate....................................................................................... 3

3. Propodeum and mesoscutum black with white or yellowish spots............................................... 4

-. Propodeum and mesoscutum entirely black................................................................. 5

4. Ovipositor sheath 1.6× as long as metatibia; metasomal tergite I concolour red; antenna with scape with truncated sections Ushaped basally........................................................................... poncei Alvarado

-. Ovipositor sheath 2.1× as long as metatibia; metasomal tergite I basally and distally yellow; antenna with scape with truncated sections V-shaped basally................................................................... kinsa Alvarado

5. Antenna with yellow-band with more than 20 flagellomeres....................................... pisqa Alvarado

-. Antenna with white- or yellow-band with fewer than 14 flagellomeres........................................... 6

6. Metasoma predominantly reddish-brown, at least with tergite IV unicolour reddish-brown............................ 7

-. Metasoma predominantly black, at least with IV unicolour black................................................ 9

7. Antennal band ventrally black, dorsally white................................................... pusaq Alvarado

-. Antenna band with articles evenly coloured................................................................ 8

8. Lower face black with orbits light yellow; antenna with 48–53 with flagellomeres, and between the flagellomeres 7 or 8 to 15–17 light yellow......................................................................... huk Alvarado

-. Lower face evenly black; antenna with 44 flagellomeres and between flagellomeres 8–20 entirely light yellow................................................................................................. qanchis Alvarado

9. Fore wing weakly infuscate, with more darkly infumate patches centrally and apically ( Figs 2A , 3A ).................. 10

-. Fore wing hyaline or slightly infuscate................................................................... 12

10. Pronotum mostly black, centrally white; metabasitaromere black ( Fig. 2A )............................ chunka sp. nov.

-. Pronotum evenly black; metabasitaromere black with distal third white ( Fig. 3A ).................................. 11

11. Metasomal tergites I and II black; distance between ocelli 0.8× maximum ocellar diameter............... soqta Alvarado

-. Metasomal tergites I and II black with distal margin white ( Fig. 3E ); distance between ocelli 0.6× maximum ocellar diameter....................................................................................... chusaq sp. nov.

12. Frontal orbit small, restricted to the middle of the frons; pronotum with or without dull white minute spots anteriorly; scutellum black..................................................................................... isqun sp. nov.

-. Frontal orbit large, ranging between toruli and lateral ocellus; pronotum black with anterior margin antero-centrally broadly white; scutellum black, centrally with a white spot.......................................................... 13

13. Metacoxa reddish; fore and mid femur reddish........................................... attenboroughi Alvarado

-. Metacoxa black; fore and mid femur brownish black.............................................. tawa Alvarado

14. Tegula dark brown to black................................................................... isqun sp. nov.

-. Tegula white or off-white.............................................................................. 15

15. Fore wing weakly infuscate, with a more darkly infumate patches centrally and apically ( Fig. 3B ).................... 16

-. Fore wing hyaline ( Fig. 2B )............................................................................ 17

16. Metasomal tergites I black; lower face white with a small median vertical black mark that reaches to the clypeus, and with a black mark along the upper margin of the clypeus................................................ soqta Alvarado

-. Metasomal tergites I black with distal margin white ( Fig. 3B ); lower face white with a small median vertical black mark that reaches to mid face ( Fig. 3D )................................................................ chusaq sp. nov.

17. Antennae entirely black ( Fig. 4A ); mesoscutum black with a yellow spot at the center ( Fig. 4B )............ huk Alvarado

-. Antennae black with a white band or dorsally white on mid flagellomeres ( Fig. 3B ); mesoscutum black, rarely black with reddish tint......................................................................................... 18

18. Mesopleuron black........................................................................ chunka sp. nov.

-. Mesopleuron dorsally black, ventrally white or with a white spot............................................... 19

19. Metapleuron black with a whitish cream spot............................................ attenboroughi Alvarado

-. Metapleuron reddish with a whitish cream spot................................................... tawa Alvarado

Figures

FIGURE 2. Details of Mnioes chunka sp. nov. (paratypes) A. Habitus of female (scale bar = 1 mm), B. Habitus of male (scale bar = 1mm), C. Facial view of female, D. Facial view of male, E. Propodeum and first two metasomal tergites of female.

FIGURE 3. Details of Mnioes chusaq sp. nov. (paratype) A. Habitus of female (scale bar = 1 mm), B. Habitus of male (scale bar = 1mm), C. Facial view of female, D. Facial view of male, E. Propodeum and first two metasomal tergites of female.

FIGURE 4. Details of male of Mnioes huk (Alvarado 2020) A. Lateral habitus, B. Dorsal view of mesosome, C. Facial view.