The Neotropical species of Atractodes Gravenhorst (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Phygadeuontinae), III: the A. podocarpus species-group

Abstract

Abstract Atractodes is a cosmopolitan genus of Darwin wasps, belonging to the subfamily Phygadeuontinae. We started the revision of the Neotropical species in previous studies, with the stablishment of four species-groups. Here we address the fourth group, the A. podocarpus species-group, with the description of 24 new species: A. antennator sp. nov., A. areolator sp. nov., A. brevibasalis sp. nov., A. mesoamericanus sp. nov. and A. monteverdensis sp. nov. from Central America; A. cabecar sp. nov., A. puntarenae sp. nov., A. taciturnus sp. nov. and A. tapantiensis sp. nov. from Costa Rica; A. aureus sp. nov. from Colombia; A. cuscoensis sp. nov. and A. longitergum sp. nov. from Peru; A. ecuadorensis sp. nov., A. flavescens sp. nov., A. flagellator sp. nov., A. longigena sp. nov., A. napoensis sp. nov., A. paramoensis sp. nov., A. podocarpus sp. nov. and A. thyridiator sp. nov. from Ecuador; A. pubescens sp. nov. from Costa Rica and Ecuador; A. epomiae sp. nov. and A. longibasalis sp. nov. from Venezuela; and A. crassiflagellator sp. nov. from South America. Keys to the species-groups and the species of the A. podocarpus species-group, as well as distribution maps of all Neotropical species are provided. The record of A. altoandinus Bordera, Mazón & Sääksjärvi, 2016, described from “Chile, La Raya, 4300 m”, is revised and attributed to La Raya pass, Peru.