Hymenoepimecis

Hymenoepimecis
	Female holotype of
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Ichneumonidae
Subfamily:	Pimplinae
Genus:	Hymenoepimecis; Viereck, 1912
Type species
	; (Brullé, 1846)
Synonyms
	Epimecis Brullé, 1846;

Hymenoepimecis is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae best known for parasitizing arachnids, specifically those of the families Araneidae and Tetragnathidae.^[1]

Distribution[]

The species of this genus are found in the New World, from Mexico to southern Brazil.^[2]

Species[]

Hymenoepimecis comprises the following twenty-seven species:^[2]

Pádua & Oliveira, 2015
Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020
Hymenoepimecis argyraphaga Gauld, 2000
(Cresson, 1865)
(Brullé, 1846)
Townes, 1966
Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020
Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020
Pádua & Onody, 2015
Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020
Gauld, 1991
(Kriechbaumer, 1890)
Sobczak, Loffredo, Penteado-Dias & Gonzaga, 2009
Loffredo & Penteado-Dias, 2009
Pádua & Sobczak, 2015
Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020
Pádua & Oliveira, 2015
(Brues & Richardson, 1913)
Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020
Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020
Pádua & Sobczak, 2015
Gauld, 1991
Loffredo & Penteado-Dias, 2009
Sobczak, Loffredo, Penteado-Dias & Gonzaga, 2009
Gauld, 1991
Pádua & Onody, 2015
Loffredo & Penteado-Dias, 2009

References[]

^ Pádua, Diego Galvão; Salvatierra, Lidianne; Sobczak, Jober Fernando; Oliveira, Marcio Luiz (22 December 2016). "Parasitism of Hymenoepimecis manauara Pádua & Oliveira (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) on Leucauge henryi Mello-Leitão (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) in Brazilian Amazonian". Biodiversity Data Journal. 4. doi:10.3897/BDJ.4.e11219. eISSN 1314-2836. ISSN 1314-2828 – via Pensoft.
^ ^a ^b Pádua, Diego Galvão; Sääksjärvi, Ilari Eerikki; Monteiro, Ricardo Ferreira; Oliveira, Marcio Luiz (21 May 2020). "Seven new species of spider-attacking Hymenoepimecis Viereck (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) from Ecuador, French Guiana, and Peru, with an identification key to the world species". ZooKeys. 935: 57–92. doi:10.3897/zookeys.935.50492. eISSN 1313-2989. ISSN 1313-2970 – via Pensoft.

[1] Pádua, Diego Galvão; Salvatierra, Lidianne; Sobczak, Jober Fernando; Oliveira, Marcio Luiz (22 December 2016). "Parasitism of Hymenoepimecis manauara Pádua & Oliveira (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) on Leucauge henryi Mello-Leitão (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) in Brazilian Amazonian". Biodiversity Data Journal. 4. doi:10.3897/BDJ.4.e11219. eISSN 1314-2836. ISSN 1314-2828 – via Pensoft.

[:0-2] Pádua, Diego Galvão; Sääksjärvi, Ilari Eerikki; Monteiro, Ricardo Ferreira; Oliveira, Marcio Luiz (21 May 2020). "Seven new species of spider-attacking Hymenoepimecis Viereck (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) from Ecuador, French Guiana, and Peru, with an identification key to the world species". ZooKeys. 935: 57–92. doi:10.3897/zookeys.935.50492. eISSN 1313-2989. ISSN 1313-2970 – via Pensoft.

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