Revision ofMelanocryptusCameron (Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with Description of Seven New Species

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 29 May 2015 English Publisher:American Museum of Natural History (BioOne sponsored)Journal:American Museum Novitates, volume 3,836, pages 1-56 (issn: 0003-0082, eissn: 1937-352X,

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Authors: Aguiar, Alexandre P.; Santos, Bernardo F.;

doi: 10.1206/3836.1

Revision ofMelanocryptusCameron (Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with Description of Seven New Species

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ABSTRACT The Neotropical genus Melanocryptus Cameron is revised, with a new defense for the genus based on an entirely new redescription. The genus is characterized mainly by the following characters: apical half of female flagellum with a ventral stripe formed by dense, short pilosity; clypeus with a central pointy tooth; areolet large, pentagonal, about as long as wide, sides converging anteriorly; and ovipositor blade shaped, about 2.0–3.0× higher than wide. Eleven valid species are recognized: M. cyaneus (Schmiedeknecht), M. niger (Szepligeti), M. violaceipennis Cameron, M. whartoni Kasparyan et Ruiz, and seven new taxa, M. aurantius, sp. nov., M. delos Aguiar, sp. nov., M. dnopheros, sp. nov., M. hadroglyptus Aguiar, sp. nov., M. rufigladius, sp. nov., M. tesselatus Aguiar, sp. nov., and M. tupan, sp. nov. The complex morphological variation of male specimens, particularly for M. hadroglyptus, was cladistically investigated in order to objectively delimit and demonstrate the range of morphological va...

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Keywords

Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia, Biodiversity, Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Taxonomy

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