title: First record of Acaenitinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from South America with description of a new species and a key to the world species of Arotes Gravenhorst.
abstract: A new species of Acaenitinae, Arotes ucumari Castillo & Sääksjärvi, sp. n., is described and illustrated representing the first record of the subfamily from South America. The new species was collected from a premontane tropical rain forest in the Peruvian Andes at 1500 m. A key to the world species of Arotes Gravenhorst,1829 is provided. The subspecies Arotes albicinctus moiwanus (Matsumura, 1912)is raised to species rank, Arotes moiwanusstat. n.
authors.affiliation: Zoological Museum, Section of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences, Department of Biology, FIN-20014, University of Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Castillo
authors.forename: Ilari E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Sääksjärvi
authors.forename: Andrew M R
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: Gavin R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Broad