A review of the genus Ateleute (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ateleutinae) of North America with description of a new species

D.R. Kasparyan

Abstract. A taxonomic review of the genus Ateleute Förster, 1869 in North America is provided. A new species, Ateleute multicolor sp. nov., is described from the State of Veracruz, Mexico. Within the subfamily Ateleutinae, unusual colour pattern of the new species is similar to that of only three species of Tamaulipeca Kasparyan, 2001 occurring in Amazonia. Ateleute carolina maculator Kasparyan et Hernández, 2001 is redescribed. The diagnoses and colour photographs of all Mexican species of Ateleute and a key to the species of Ateleute occurring in Mexico are provided.

Key words: taxonomy, key, Mexico, North America, Neotropical Region, Ichneumonidae, Ateleutinae, Ateleute, Tamaulipeca, new species

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2022, 31(1): 98-110 ▪ Published online 13 June 2022

https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2022.31.1.98 ▪ Open full article

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