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Clistopyga crassicaudata
Palacio, Bordera, Sääksjärvi & Díaz, 2018
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Abstract
The New World Clistopyga isayae species group is revised. Seven species are described as new: Clistopyga crassicaudata sp. nov., C. isayae sp. nov., C. kalima sp. nov., C. nigriventris sp. nov., C. panchei sp. nov., C. splendida sp. nov. and C. taironae sp. nov. An illustrated identification key to all species of the group is provided. The Clistopyga isayae species group is composed entirely of previously undescribed species mainly from Andean forests of tropical South America.
Keywords: Hymenoptera, South America, taxonomy, parasitoid wasps, new species, key, Amazonia, Andes, spiders
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| Clistopyga crassicaudata sp. nov., ♀ holotype. |
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| A new wasp species unknown to science differs from other parasitoid wasps due to its massive stinger. The new species named Clistopyga crassicaudata was discovered in the western Amazonia.
photo: Kari Kaunisto
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Clistopyga crassicaudata Sääksjärvi, Bordera & Palacio sp. nov.
Etymology. The specific name refers to the distinctly thickened ovipositor apex.
Clistopyga isayae Díaz, Bordera & Palacio sp. nov.
Etymology. This species is named in honor of Mérida Isaya, wife of Francisco Díaz, coauthor of this paper.
Clistopyga kalima Palacio sp. nov.
Etymology. This species is named in honour of the Precolombine indigenous tribe of Kalimas, who lived in the territory that today is the type locality, Valle del Cauca (Colombia).
Clistopyga nigriventris Palacio sp. nov.
Etymology. The specific name refers to the entirely black tergites of metasoma that distinguish this species from all the other members of the isayae species-group.
Clistopyga panchei Palacio sp. nov.
Etymology. This species is named in honor of the Precolombine indigenous tribe of Panches, who lived in the territory that today is the type locality, Cundinamarca (Colombia).
Clistopyga splendida Palacio & Bordera sp. nov.
Etymology. The specific name refers to the beautiful colour patterns of this species.
Clistopyga taironae Palacio, Bordera & Díaz sp. nov.
Etymology. This species is named in honour of the Precolombine indigenous tribe of Taironas, who lived in the territory that today is the type locality, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena (Colombia).
Edgard Palacio, Santiago Bordera, Ilari E. Sääksjärvi and Francisco Díaz. 2018. The Neotropical Species of Clistopyga (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae). Part II: the C. isayae species group, with the Description of Seven New Species. Zootaxa. 4442(1); 101–121. DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4442.1.5
Santiago Bordera, Ilari Eerikki Sääksjärvi, Carol Castillo, Edgard Palacio and Alejandra González-Moreno. 2016. The Neotropical species of Clistopyga (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae). Part I. The C. chaconi species group, with the description of eleven new species. European Journal of Taxonomy. 206, 1–37. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2016.206
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