A new species of Heredius (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Brazilian Amazon Rainforest
ABSTRACT Heredius Marsh, 2002 is a small genus, with only three described species, recorded only in Costa Rica and Brazil. The aim of this paper was to describe a new species of Heridius from Brazilian Amazon Rainforest. The specimen was collected by Malaise trapping in the Adolpho Ducke Forest Reserve (02°57’S, 59°55’W), Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. A new species, Heredius gadelhai sp. nov. differs from the other three known species mainly having 1.5 mm long, is entirely yellow, ocellar-ocular distance of about 3.5 times the diameter of the lateral ocellus; malar space 0.3 times the height of the eye; first flagellomere 0.8 times the length of the second flagellomere; precoxal groove present and smooth, and ovipositor 0.2 times the length of the body. We illustrate and a key to all described species of Heredius were provided.
Authors
- ANTONIELSON BEZERRA DA SILVA (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7798-4077)
- Daniell Rodrigo Rodrigues Fernandes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2208-6349)
- Eduardo Mitio Shimbori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4655-2591)
Institutions
- Universidade Federal de São Carlos (BR)
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (BR)
- Université de Montpellier (FR)
- Universidade Federal do Pará (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zoologia (Curitiba)
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1590/s1984-4689.v42.e24066
- Primary Topic
- Plant and animal studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
- Universidade Federal do Pará