TY - JOUR T1 - Fourteen new species of Heterospilus Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Brazil JF - Zootaxa Y1 - 2016 DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.3.2 A1 - B.O. Chiletto A1 - A.M. Penteado-Dias SP - 316 EP - 334 KW - key KW - Neotropical region KW - new species KW - parasitoids KW - taxonomy AB -

Fourteen new species of the genus Heterospilus Haliday found in semideciduous mesophilic forest areas at São Paulo State, Brazil are described. They are: Heterospilus ayewai sp. n., H. caetetus sp. n., H. fernandesi sp. n., H. fiorelinii sp. n., H. granulosus sp. n., H. homalos sp. n., H. intervalesi sp. n., H. japi sp.n., H. meloi sp. n., H. mesopleuron sp. n., H. periotoi sp. n., H. riveroni sp. n., H. sormusi sp. n., and H. virginensis sp. n. Heterospilus species are characterized by the sculpturation of the vertex: granulate, striate, rugose, or smooth, without sculpturation. All specimens of Heterospilus in this study are in the species group with a smooth, unsculptured vertex.

VL - 4144 IS - 3 ER -