First record of the genus Genaemirum (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) from West Africa, with the description of a new species from Guinea

  • Davide Dal Pos Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, 4110 Libra Dr. Rm 442, Orlando, FL 32816
  • Pascal Rousse Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 45 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.473
Keywords: Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae, Genaemirum, Guinea, new species, new record

Abstract

A new species of the Afrotropical genus Genaemirum Heinrich, 1936 is described from a single female specimen from Guinea and compared to the closest species, G. rhinoceros Heinrich, 1967. Genaemirum filipazzii sp. nov. also provides the first record of the genus for West Africa. An updated key to the species is included.

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Published
2018-11-06
How to Cite
Dal Pos, D., & Rousse, P. (2018). First record of the genus Genaemirum (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) from West Africa, with the description of a new species from Guinea. European Journal of Taxonomy, (473). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.473
Issue
No. 473 (2018): First record of the genus Genaemirum (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) from West Africa, with the description of a new species from Guinea
Section
Entomology
Copyright (c) 2018 Davide Dal Pos, Pascal Rousse

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