Hymenoepimecis

Hymenoepimecis
Female holotype of Hymenoepimecis andina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Ichneumonidae
Subfamily:	Pimplinae
Tribe:	Ephialtini
Genus:	Hymenoepimecis Viereck, 1912
Type species
Hymenoepimecis bicolor (Brullé, 1846)
Synonyms
EpimecisBrullé, 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]

• Hymenoepimecis amazonensis Pádua & Oliveira, 2015
• Hymenoepimecis andina Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020
• Hymenoepimecis argyraphaga Gauld, 2000
• Hymenoepimecis atriceps (Cresson, 1865)
• Hymenoepimecis bicolor (Brullé, 1846)
• Hymenoepimecis cameroni Townes, 1966
• Hymenoepimecis castilloi Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020
• Hymenoepimecis dolichocarinata Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020
• Hymenoepimecis duckensis Pádua & Onody, 2015
• Hymenoepimecis ecuatoriana Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020
• Hymenoepimecis heidyae Gauld, 1991
• Hymenoepimecis heteropus (Kriechbaumer, 1890)
• Hymenoepimecis japi Sobczak, Loffredo, Penteado-Dias & Gonzaga, 2009
• Hymenoepimecis jordanensis Loffredo & Penteado-Dias, 2009
• Hymenoepimecis kleini Pádua & Sobczak, 2015
• Hymenoepimecis longilobus Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020
• Hymenoepimecis manauara Pádua & Oliveira, 2015
• Hymenoepimecis neotropica (Brues & Richardson, 1913)
• Hymenoepimecis pucallpina Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020
• Hymenoepimecis rafaelmartinezi Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020
• Hymenoepimecis ribeiroi Pádua & Sobczak, 2015
• Hymenoepimecis robertsae Gauld, 1991
• Hymenoepimecis silvanae Loffredo & Penteado-Dias, 2009
• Hymenoepimecis sooretama Sobczak, Loffredo, Penteado-Dias & Gonzaga, 2009
• Hymenoepimecis tedfordi Gauld, 1991
• Hymenoepimecis uberensis Pádua & Onody, 2015
• Hymenoepimecis veranii Loffredo & Penteado-Dias, 2009

References

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 (4) e11219. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e11219 . eISSN   1314-2836. ISSN   1314-2828. PMC   5267549 . PMID   28174511.
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. PMC   7256067 . PMID   32508502 – via Pensoft.