A new species of pincer wasps of Deinodryinus Perkins (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) from oceanic archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil

Abstract

The first record of the genus Deinodryinus Perkins and the description of a new species Deinodryinus noronhensis sp. nov. from oceanic archipelago of Fernando de Noronha (Brazil) are performed. Additionally, an illustration of the new species and a modified key are presented together with a discussion on the Deinodryinus records for the northeastern region of Brazil.

Contribution to the knowledge of pincer wasps (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae): new records from South America

“…Three genera of Dryinidae included in this study are considered the most diverse for the Neotropical region: Deinodryinus with 114 species, Dryinus with 110 species and Gonatopus with 128 species (Olmi and Virla 2014;Martins 2015Martins , 2022Martins et al 2015a, b;Olmi et al 2019;Martins and Perioto 2021). Among the five Neotropical countries hosting species studied in this article, the Brazil is considered to have the highest number of known species with around 171 species, 17 genera and five subfamilies (Olmi and Virla 2014;Martins 2022Martins , 2023Martins and Domahovski 2022); followed by Costa Rica with a record of 150 species, contained in 15 genera and six subfamilies; Peru with 68 species, contained in 10 genera and five subfamilies; Paraguay with 58 species contained in 10 genera and five subfamilies and French Guiana with 38 species contained in seven genera and four subfamilies (Olmi and Virla 2014).…”

“…The pincer wasps (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae) are cosmopolitan parasitoids and predators of leafhoppers (Hemiptera) belonging to the Membracoidea and Fulgoroidea superfamilies (Guglielmino et al 2013;Virla et al 2023). Currently, this family comprises about 1,924 species, grouped in 53 genera and 17 subfamilies (Olmi et al 2019;Martins 2022;Martins and Domahovski 2022).…”

“…The Dryinidae of the Neotropical region are considered the most diverse in comparison with other biogeographic regions, including more than 500 known species (Olmi and Virla 2014;Martins and Domahovski 2022). In the last 10 years, the Dryinidae of this region have been studied from the point of view of taxonomic revisions, sporadic descriptions of species, biodiversity and interactions between with their hosts, distribution records and biology (Coelho et al 2011;Versuti et al 2014;Martins et al 2015aMartins et al , b, 2021Martins and Krinski 2016;Domahovski 2017a, b, 2022;Martins and Olmi 2021;Martins 2013Martins , 2015Martins , 2018Martins , 2019Martins , 2022Martins , 2023Olmi et al 2020, Silva-Neto et al 2022.…”

Revision of the Neotropical species of Pareucamptonyx Olmi (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) with descriptions of new species

“…The Dryinidae Haliday, 1840 (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea) are commonly known as parasitoids pincerwasps and usually also as predators of Auchenorrhyncha (Guglielmino et al 2013;). This family is distributed worldwide and currently comprises about 1920 species, grouped in 53 genera and 17 subfamilies, and in the Neotropical region about 500 species (Olmi & Virla 2014;Martins 2015Martins , 2018Martins , 2022Martins et al 2015aMartins et al , 2015bMartins et al , 2020Olmi & Xu 2015;Olmi et al 2019Olmi et al , 2020Olmi et al , 2022Speranza et al 2019;Martins & Olmi 2021;Martins & Perioto 2021).…”

A new native host for Erythrina gall wasp Quadrastichus erythrinae Kim, 2004 (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in the oceanic archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil

“…The entomofauna of this archipelago has been recorded and currently includes 454 species distributed in 21 orders (Rafael et al 2020) and recent studies have advanced the knowledge of Hymenoptera species (Fernandes et al 2021a;2021b;Mahlmann et al 2022;Martins 2022b).…”