Diversity of Ophioniformes wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in a Central-West Brazilian Savanna area

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the diversity, abundance and seasonal dynamics of Ophioniformes wasps collected throughout a year, as recorded in Malaise traps set at the Reserva Ecológica da Universidade Estadual do Mato Grosso do Sul, a Brazilian Savanna area in Aquidauana city, MS. A total of 621 specimens of Ophioniformes belonging to 11 subfamilies, 30 genera and 106 species were sampled. Despite the impressive number of species found, in a pattern of a few relatively abundant species and many rare ones, our data estimate even higher richness, probably between 125 to 165 species in the studied area. The genera Diadegma, Nonnus, Diradops, Meniscomorpha, Syzeuctus, Ophiopterus and Thyreodon are recorded for the first time in Mato Grosso do Sul State. Among the climatic variables evaluated, mean temperature and relative humidity were positively and significantly correlated with richness and abundance. Our data highlights the huge unknown species richness of these parasitoids in Brazil and the need of taxonomic studies efforts in the future.

Darwin Wasps from the Andean-Amazonian Region in Caquetá, Colombia: A Taxonomic Synopsis of the Genera of Cremastinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

“…Argentina (Buenos Aires); Barbados (Oldsbury); Belize (Cayo District); Bolivia (Cochabamba); Brazil (Amazonas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, São Paulo); Canadá (British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec); Colombia (Caquetá, Antioquia) (Fig. 6); Costa Rica (Guanacaste, Alajuela, Puntarenas, Heredia, Limón); Cuba (Ciudad de la Habana, La Habana, Matanzas, Villa Clara, Sancti Spiritus, Camagüey, Granma, Santiago de Cuba); El Salvador (San Salvador); French Guiana; Grenada (Mount Gay); Guatemala (Alta Verapaz); Guyana (Georgetown); Haiti, Honduras (El Paraiso); Jamaica (Kingston); Mauritius (Port Louis); Mexico (Chiapas, Tamaulipas, Vera cruz); Paraguay (Asunción); Peru (Lambayeque); Puerto Rico (Moca); St. Vicent; Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad); U.S.A (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming); Uruguay (Rocha); Venezuela (Aragua, Puerto Cabello) (Yu, et al, 2016;Azevedo, et al, 2015;Shimbori, et al, 2017;Salas-Marina, et al, 2018;Fernandes, et al, 2019a;Fernandes, et al, 2019b;Antunes and Fernandes, 2020;Fernandes, et al, 2020;Gaona-García, et al, 2020;Santos, et al, 2021;Barata, et al, 2022;Fernandes, et al, 2023).…”

“…Argentina; Brazil (Amazonas, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo); Colombia* (Caquetá) (Fig. 5); Costa Rica (Guanacaste, Heredia, Limón, Puntarenas, San Jose); Honduras; Guatemala; Mexico; Nicaragua (La Calera); U.S.A (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming); Uruguay (Rocha) (Yu et al, 2016;Azevedo et al, 2015;Shimbori et al, 2017;Fernandes et al, 2019b;Fernandes et al, 2020;Santos et al, 2021;Fernandes et al, 2023).…”

“…Belize; Bolivia (Mapiri); Brazil (Amazonas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Pará, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio Grande do Norte); Canada (Ontario); Colombia* (Caquetá) (Fig. 7); Costa Rica (Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, Limón, Puntarenas); Grenada; Guyana; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama (Gamboa); St. Vicente (Petit Bordel); Suriname; U.S.A; Uruguay (Rocha) (Yu, et al, 2016;Azevedo, et al, 2015;Fernandes, et al, 2019a;Fernandes et al, 2019b;Antunes and Fernandes, 2020;Fernandes, et al, 2020a;Fernandes, et al, 2020b;Santos, et al, 2021;Barata, et al, 2022;Fernandes, et al, 2023).…”