A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal
Review of the New World genus Acrotaphus Townes, 1960 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae), with descriptions of fifteen new species from South America
Authors: Diego G Pádua, Ilari E Sääksjärvi, Ricardo F Monteiro, Marcio L Oliveira
Publisher: Magnolia Press
Publication year: 2020
Journal: Zootaxa
Volume: 4719
Issue: 1
First page : 1
Last page: 62
Number of pages: 62
ISSN: 1175-5326
eISSN: 1175-5334
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4719.1.1
Acrotaphus Townes, 1960 is a moderately large New World genus
of spider attacking parasitoid wasps. Previously, it comprised 11
species. The present study aims to review the genus, and includes
descriptions of 15 new species: A. amajari sp. n., A. amazonicus sp. n., A. bodoquenaensis sp. n., A. cuzconus sp. n., A. dolichopus sp. n., A. homeofranklini sp. n., A. jackiechani sp. n., A. kourou sp. n., A. micrus sp. n., A. monotaenius sp. n., A. nambilloensis sp. n., A. pseudoamazonicus sp. n., A. pseudomexicanus sp. n., A. venezuelanus sp. n. and A. zampieronae sp. n..
In addition, we present new characters for the study of the genus and
describe the male genitalia for the first time. An illustrated key and
maps to the species of the genus are provided. Acrotaphus franklini Gauld, 1991 and A. pseudoamazonicus sp. n. were recorded from the nests of Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) lactitarse Saussure, 1867 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae).
