Leurus larryi ( Gauld & Sithole, 2002 ) Alvarado & Palacio, 2021

Alvarado, Mabel & Palacio, Edgard, 2021, Forrestopius Gauld & Sithole, 2002 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Metopiinae) in South America, Zootaxa 5040 (2), pp. 265-282 : 281

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5040.2.6
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B10750F1-0CD9-4A61-B071-29989FB307B3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5531313
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3A23BA1C-FFE3-2E33-2697-FED9FD6BFA4E
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Leurus larryi ( Gauld & Sithole, 2002 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Leurus larryi ( Gauld & Sithole, 2002) comb. nov.

Forrestopius larryi Gauld & Sithole, 2002: 157 View in CoL .

Comments. This species was originally described under Forrestopius . However, it shows many features that disagree with the generic diagnosis, such as the palpal formula 4:3 (vs. 5: 4 in Forrestopius ); similar palpal formula can be also found in Leurus xalifer Gauld & Sithole, 2002 . Leurus larryi has the protibial spur antero-dorsally with comb and postero-dorsally with velum (vs. protibial spur antero-dorsally without comb and without velum and postero-dorsally with comb in Forrestopius ). Additionally, the Forrestopius species that have two mandibular teeth have 14–20 flagellomeres and the species with three teeth have between 26–30 flagellomeres, while L. larryi has two mandibular teeth and 30–32 flagellomeres.

Material examined: Paratypes: 1♀, 1♂, Zurquí de Moravia , on Edge of Braulio Carrillo National Park, 1,600 m, X.1991 – V .1992, Gauld & Hanson ( NHMUK) .