Review of the New World genus Nanium Townes, 1967 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ctenopelmatinae), with two new species from the Neotropical region

  • Alexey Reshchikov State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Ecology and Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, China
  • Ilari E. Sääksjärvi Biodiversity Unit, FI-20014 University of Turku, Finland
  • Marc Pollet Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Herman Teirlinckgebouw, Havenlaan 88 bus 73, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.459
Keywords: Amazonia, Andes, Central America, Perilissini, koinobiont endoparasitoid, parasitoid wasps

Abstract

Nanium Townes, 1967 is a small New World parasitoid wasp genus in the subfamily Ctenopelmatinae Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Previously, it comprised five species: one from North America and four from Costa Rica. The current study reviews the Neotropical species of the genus, and includes descriptions of two new species, N. medianum Reshchikov & Sääksjärvi sp. nov. from Ecuador and N. atitlanensis Reshchikov & Sääksjärvi sp. nov. from Guatemala. A key to the species is provided.

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Published
2018-09-07
How to Cite
Reshchikov, A., Sääksjärvi, I. E., & Pollet, M. (2018). Review of the New World genus Nanium Townes, 1967 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ctenopelmatinae), with two new species from the Neotropical region. European Journal of Taxonomy, (459). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.459
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No. 459 (2018): Review of the New World genus Nanium Townes, 1967 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ctenopelmatinae), with two new species from the Neotropical region
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Entomology
Copyright (c) 2018 Alexey Reshchikov, Ilari E. Sääksjärvi, Marc Pollet

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