Abstract
Two new species of Exetastes Gravenhorst, 1829 from the Peruvian Andes are described and illustrated: E. andensis sp. nov. and E. tullu sp. nov. Presently, 38 species of Exetastes have been recorded in the Neotropical region. Our discoveries are the first records of the genus in Peru and the Andean region.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 52-63 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | European Journal of Taxonomy |
| Volume | 806 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 17 Mar 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors are deeply grateful to Oleksandr Varga (Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology) for providing photo of valuable material, Tony Hunter (World Museum, Liverpool, UK) for linguistic check, Ilari Sääksjärvi (University of Turku) and Gavin Broad (Natural History Museum, London) for valuable suggestions and review of the manuscript. This study was supported by the Swedish Museum of Natural History, the Stockholm Entomological Society, the Royal Academy of Science, the C.E. Bomans and C. H. Brandel’s foundations that supported fieldwork in Peru, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biodiversity and Conservation in the Three Parallel Rivers Region of China.
Funding Information:
photo of valuable material, Tony Hunter W orld Museum, Liverpool, UK) for linguistic check, Ilari Sääksjärvi ?University of Turku) and Gavin Broad ?Natural History Museum, London) for valuable suggestions and review of the manuscript. This study was supported by the Swedish Museum of Natural History, the Stockholm Entomological Society, the Royal Academy of Science, the C.E. Bomans and C. H. Brandel’s foundations that supported fieldwork in Peru, and Collaborative Innovation Center for Biodiversity and Conservation in the Three Parallel Rivers Region of China.
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Keywords
- Banchini
- Cloud Forest
- Darwin wasps
- Neotropics
- Peru
- mountains
- parasitoid