Breaking a 120-year gap: Isosomodes kopenawai sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae), a newly discovered species from the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest

Nelson W. Perioto; Rogéria I. R. Lara

doi:10.37486/2675-1305.ec07017

Authors

Nelson W. Perioto Instituto Biológico, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2648-0730
Rogéria I. R. Lara Instituto Biológico, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5080-9081

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37486/2675-1305.ec07017

Keywords:

Bucrates capitatus, Chalcidoidea, Conocephalus, egg parasitoids, Tettigoniidae

Abstract

In this study, Isosomodes kopenawai Perioto & Lara, sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae) is described and illustrated, based on a female specimen collected near Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. The new species is distinguished by a combination of morphological characters, including head coloration (brown to orange), mesosomal orange pigmentation, and propodeal structure (foveate with a deep, narrow, laterally carinate median channel). An updated identification key to Isosomodes species is provided.

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