Hymenoepimecis Explained

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:

• 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

Notes and 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. 10.3897/BDJ.4.e11219. 28174511. 5267549. 1314-2828. 1314-2836. free .
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. 10.3897/zookeys.935.50492. 1313-2970. 1313-2989. Pensoft. free. 7256067.