New records of Pelecinus polyturator (Drury) (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea: Pelecinidae) for Brazil

Abstract

Species of Pelecinidae are very uncommonly collected in Brazil, despite they are one of the largest and most remarkable species of Hymenoptera. Here in, we report new records of Pelecinus polyturator (Drury, 1773) for Acre, Maranhão (Amazon rainforest) and Espírito Santo (Atlantic rainforest).

First record of Pelecinus polyturator (Drury, 1773) (Hymenoptera: Pelecinidae) from Ceará state, Brazil

“…In Brazil, studies on this group of parasitoid wasps are more concentrated in the Southeast region of the country (Lara & Perioto 2014), and recent studies demonstrate the occurrence of this species in several Brazilian states with a gap in knowledge in the Northeast region (Lara 2015;Sousa et al 2020). The wasp fauna in the state of Ceará is poorly known, with only 97 species recorded (Sobczak et al 2021).…”