Gómez Isrrael C, Sääksjärvi Ilari E, Puhakka Liisa, Castillo Carol, Bordera Santiago
Zoological Museum, Section of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences, Department of Biology, FI-20014 University of Turku, Finland; Email:
Zoological Museum, Section of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences, Department of Biology, FI-20014 University of Turku, Finland; Email: unknown.
Zootaxa. 2015 Mar 25;3937(2):311-36. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3937.2.4.
Epirhyssa Cresson 1865 is a large tropical genus of the family Ichneumonidae. It is the most diverse genus of the subfamily Rhyssinae with about 118 species worldwide. In this study we conducted four long-term field inventories to review the Peruvian Amazonian species of the genus. We provide illustrations, diagnosis and an identification key to the species currently known to occur in the region, including descriptions of 10 new species. In addition, we describe the female of E. wisei Porter and the male of E. pertenuis Porter, discuss the biogeographical patterns of species richness of the genus and provide new faunistic records for Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Paraguay and Peru. The Peruvian Amazonia is, according to our results, among the most species-rich areas in the world for this genus. Some of the new species described in this work were named by the public in Finland and Peru during two innovative competitions to name these beautiful species. The aims of these competitions were to draw attention to the plethora of unknown species lurking in the shades of tropical forests and the necessity to protect these highly diverse areas.
埃皮里萨黄蜂属（Epirhyssa Cresson，1865年）是姬蜂科的一个大型热带属。它是大痣小蜂亚科中种类最多样化的属，全球约有118种。在本研究中，我们进行了四次长期野外调查，以审视该属在秘鲁亚马逊地区的物种情况。我们提供了该地区目前已知物种的图鉴、诊断特征及鉴定检索表，包括10个新物种的描述。此外，我们描述了怀斯埃皮里萨黄蜂（E. wisei Porter）的雌性和纤细埃皮里萨黄蜂（E. pertenuis Porter）的雄性，讨论了该属物种丰富度的生物地理模式，并提供了巴西、哥伦比亚、厄瓜多尔、法属圭亚那、巴拉圭和秘鲁的新动物区系记录。根据我们的研究结果，秘鲁亚马逊地区是世界上该属物种最为丰富的地区之一。本研究中描述 的一些新物种是在芬兰和秘鲁的两次创新竞赛中由公众命名的，这些竞赛旨在让人们关注潜藏在热带森林阴影中的大量未知物种，以及保护这些高度多样化地区的必要性。
