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Orthocentrus brevipilus Broad 2014

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Description

Orthocentrus brevipilus Broad, 2014

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Orthocentrus brevipilus Broad in Veijalainen et al., 2014: 231–233 [holotype female (BMNH), ‘ Guatemala, Zacapa, 2km SE La Unión, 1555± 21m 14.94661°N, 89.27612°W [secondary] cloud forest, 12–15.v.2009, Malaise LLAMA#Ma-B- 03-1-02 ’]. https://species-id.net/wiki/ Orthocentrus _brevipilus

Material examined. 2 ♂, México, Morelos, Cuernavaca, botanical garden of the Morelos University, 2.III.2010, leg. A. E. Humala (UAT, ZISP).

Distribution. Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua; Mexico (Morelos).

The species is new to Mexico.

Comments. Compared with the other species that have long antennae, closed areolet in fore wing, second tergite anteriorly with paired median longitudinal carinae, and dark brown metapleuron, the eyes with very short setae and mesoscutum lacking white “shoulder-stripes” emanating from the antero-lateral edges of the mesoscutum, unlike in O. ruizi.

Notes

Published as part of Humala, Andrei E., 2019, Mexican species of the genus Orthocentrus (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae: Orthocentrinae), pp. 1-83 in Zootaxa 4709 (1) on page 64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4709.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3587263

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
UAT, ZISP
Event date
2010-03-02
Verbatim event date
2010-03-02
Scientific name authorship
Broad
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Ichneumonidae
Genus
Orthocentrus
Species
brevipilus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Orthocentrus brevipilus Broad, 2014 sec. Humala, 2019

References

  • Veijalainen, A., Broad, G. R. & Saaksjarvi, I. E. (2014) Twenty seven new species of Orthocentrus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae; Orthocentrinae) with a key to the Neotropical species of the genus. Zootaxa, 3768 (3), 201 - 252. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3768.3.1