Acrotaphus pseudoamazonicus Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020

Pádua, Diego G., Fernandes, Daniell R. R., Araujo, Rodrigo O. & Mazariegos, Luis A., 2023, Filling gaps in the knowledge of the Colombian Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): new records, description of unknown males, and taxonomical notes, Zootaxa 5244 (1), pp. 61-70 : 64

Acrotaphus pseudoamazonicus Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020

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Diagnosis. According to the New World review of Acrotaphus by Pádua et al. (2020), this species can be distinguished from all other species by the combination of the following characters: 1) body orange except head, posterolateral bands in the tergites II–IV, tergite V with distal half and VI+, hind leg black (in generally); 2) margin of gena behind eyes flat in dorsal view; 3) margin of gena 0.35–0.5× (0.5–0.6 in male) length of eye in dorsal view; 4) posterior ocelli separated from eyes by 0.3–0.5× its diameter in dorsal view; 5) ovipositor robust, 1.1–1.5× as long as hind tibia..

Distribution. Brazil; Colombia (Putumayo; Chocó; Antioquia *); Ecuador; French Guiana; Panama; Peru.

Material examined. COLOMBIA, Mcpio [=Municipio] Andes, Antioquia, Mesenia-Paramillo Nature Reserve , El Rodano , entomological net, N 5°29′54.5″, E 75°54′35.7″, 05.I.2020 (J. Jaramillo leg.), 1♀, UNIANDES .

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FIGURE 2. Species of Darwin wasps (Ichneumonidae) from Mesenia-Paramillo Nature Reserve, Colombia: A) Aphanistes silviae Alvarado (♀) (Anomaloninae); B) Woldstedius paulus Dasch (♀) (Diplazontinae); C) Forestopius auguratricis Alvarado & Palacio (♀) (Metopiinae); D) Acrotaphus pseudoamazonicus Pádua & Sääksjärvi (in vivo; ♀) (Pimplinae); E) Anastelgis garciai Gauld (in vivo; ♀) (Pimplinae). Scale bar: 1 mm.