The Neotropical species of Clistopyga (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae). Part I: the C. chaconi species group, with the description of eleven new species

• Main Authors: Santiago Bordera, Ilari Eerikki Sääksjärvi, Carol Castillo, Edgard Palacio, Alejandra González-Moreno
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Consortium of European Natural History Museums 2016-06-01
• Series: European Journal of Taxonomy
• Subjects: Neotropic; taxonomy; parasitoid wasps; new species; key
• Online Access: http://www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/328
• ISSN: 2118-9773

The New World <em>Clistopyga chaconi</em> species group is revised. Eleven species are described as new: <em>C. amazonica</em> sp. nov., <em>C. cinnamoptera</em> sp. nov., <em>C. cuscoensis</em> sp. nov., <em>C. hayesiana</em> sp. nov., <em>C. melanoptera</em> sp. nov., <em>C. misionensis</em> sp. nov., <em>C. mocaguae</em> sp. nov., <em>C. orellanae</em> sp. nov., <em>C. porteri</em> sp. nov., <em>C. rondoniae</em> sp. nov. and <em>C. yabuquensis</em> sp. nov. Additional morphological data are provided for the previously known species, <em>C. caramba</em> Castillo &amp; Sääksjärvi and <em>C. chaconi</em> Gauld. An illustrated identification key to all species of the group is provided. The <em>Clistopyga chaconi</em> species group appears to be most diverse at the Andean and Amazonian interface in western South America.