New records of Ticapimpla Gauld, 1991 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from Brazil and French Guiana, with taxonomic notes.

Diego Pádua,Ilari Sääksjärvi,Ricardo Monteiro,Marcio Oliveira

doi:10.3897/bdj.7.e38141

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BackgroundWe report the genus Ticapimpla Gauld, 1991 from French Guiana and the species Ticapimpla amazonica Palacio et al., T. carinata Palacio et al., T. matamatae Palacio et al. and T. soinii Palacio et al. from Brazilian Amazonia. The new discoveries suggest that the genus is widely distributed in Amazonian lowland rain forests. In addition, we diagnose and illustrate the males of T. carinata and T. matamatae for the first time. Short diagnoses and layer-photos for all the Amazonian species are provided.New informationThe genus Ticapimpla is reported for the first time from French Guiana and the species T. amazonica, T. carinata, T. matamatae and T. soinii from Brazilian Amazonia. In addition, the males of T. carinata and T. matamatae are diagnosed and illustrated for the first time.

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Ticapimpla Gauld, 1991 is a small Neotropical genus belonging to the Polysphincta group of genera
The genus Ticapimpla is reported for the first time from French Guiana and the species T. amazonica, T. carinata, T. matamatae and T. soinii from Brazilian Amazonia
The aim of the paper is to report the genus for the first time from French Guiana and the species T. amazonica Palacio et al, 2010, T. carinata Palacio et al, 2010, T. matamatae Palacio et al, 2010 and T. soinii Palacio et al, 2010 from Brazilian Amazonia

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Ticapimpla Gauld, 1991 is a small Neotropical genus belonging to the Polysphincta group of genera. Ticapimpla species structurally resemble species of Acrotaphus Gravenhorst and Hymenoepimecis Viereck. These three genera share the following set of features: 1) occipital carina strongly raised and forming a flange-like protuberance (in most species), and 2) epomia absent (Gauld 1991, Gauld and Dubois 2006). We report the genus Ticapimpla Gauld, 1991 from French Guiana and the species Ticapimpla amazonica Palacio et al, T. carinata Palacio et al, T. matamatae Palacio et al and T. soinii Palacio et al from Brazilian Amazonia. The genus Ticapimpla is reported for the first time from French Guiana and the species T. amazonica, T. carinata, T. matamatae and T. soinii from Brazilian Amazonia. The males of T. carinata and T. matamatae are diagnosed and illustrated for the first time

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