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Two new species of Exetastes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Banchinae) from the Peruvian Andes

Alexey V. RESHCHIKOV & Mabel ALVARADO

en European Journal of Taxonomy 806 (52) - Pages 52-63

Published on 22 March 2022

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.


Keywords:

Banchini, Darwin wasps, parasitoid, Peru, Cloud Forest, Neotropics, mountains

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