Hymenoepimecis

Hymenoepimecis is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae best known for parasitizing arachnids, specifically those of the families Araneidae and Tetragnathidae.[1]

Hymenoepimecis
Female holotype of Hymenoepimecis andina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subfamily: Pimplinae
Genus: Hymenoepimecis
Viereck, 1912
Type species
Hymenoepimecis bicolor
(Brullé, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Epimecis Brullé, 1846

Distribution

The species of this genus are found in the New World, from Mexico to southern Brazil.[2]

Species

Hymenoepimecis comprises the following twenty-seven species:[2]

  • Hymenoepimecis amazonensis Pádua & Oliveira, 2015
  • Hymenoepimecis andina Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020
  • Hymenoepimecis argyraphaga Gauld, 2000
  • Hymenoepimecis atriceps (Cresson, 1865)
  • Hymenoepimecis bicolor (Brullé, 1846)
  • Hymenoepimecis cameroni Townes, 1966
  • Hymenoepimecis castilloi Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020
  • Hymenoepimecis dolichocarinata Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020
  • Hymenoepimecis duckensis Pádua & Onody, 2015
  • Hymenoepimecis ecuatoriana Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020
  • Hymenoepimecis heidyae Gauld, 1991
  • Hymenoepimecis heteropus (Kriechbaumer, 1890)
  • Hymenoepimecis japi Sobczak, Loffredo, Penteado-Dias & Gonzaga, 2009
  • Hymenoepimecis jordanensis Loffredo & Penteado-Dias, 2009
  • Hymenoepimecis kleini Pádua & Sobczak, 2015
  • Hymenoepimecis longilobus Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020
  • Hymenoepimecis manauara Pádua & Oliveira, 2015
  • Hymenoepimecis neotropica (Brues & Richardson, 1913)
  • Hymenoepimecis pucallpina Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020
  • Hymenoepimecis rafaelmartinezi Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020
  • Hymenoepimecis ribeiroi Pádua & Sobczak, 2015
  • Hymenoepimecis robertsae Gauld, 1991
  • Hymenoepimecis silvanae Loffredo & Penteado-Dias, 2009
  • Hymenoepimecis sooretama Sobczak, Loffredo, Penteado-Dias & Gonzaga, 2009
  • Hymenoepimecis tedfordi Gauld, 1991
  • Hymenoepimecis uberensis Pádua & Onody, 2015
  • Hymenoepimecis veranii Loffredo & Penteado-Dias, 2009

References

  1. Pádua, Diego Galvão; Salvatierra, Lidianne; Sobczak, Jober Fernando; Oliveira, Marcio Luiz (22 December 2016). "Parasitism of Hymenoepimecis manauara Pádua & Oliveira (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) on Leucauge henryi Mello-Leitão (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) in Brazilian Amazonian". Biodiversity Data Journal. 4 (4): e11219. doi:10.3897/BDJ.4.e11219. eISSN 1314-2836. ISSN 1314-2828. PMC 5267549. PMID 28174511 via Pensoft.
  2. Pádua, Diego Galvão; Sääksjärvi, Ilari Eerikki; Monteiro, Ricardo Ferreira; Oliveira, Marcio Luiz (21 May 2020). "Seven new species of spider-attacking Hymenoepimecis Viereck (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) from Ecuador, French Guiana, and Peru, with an identification key to the world species". ZooKeys (935): 57–92. doi:10.3897/zookeys.935.50492. eISSN 1313-2989. ISSN 1313-2970 via Pensoft.
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