Description of a new genus and three new species of Figitinae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) from Colombia.
A new genus and three new species of Figitinae (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) are described from Colombia: Ferpereira Pujade-Villar n. gen., Ferpereira fiorellae Pujade-Villar n. sp., Neralsia levis Pujade-Villar & Petersen-Silva n. sp., and Figites colombiensis Pujade-Villar & Paretas-Martínez n. sp., which is the first species of Figites Latreille from Colombia and the second from South America. The diagnostic characters of these new taxa are illustrated.
Fac de Biologia, Dept de Biologia Animal, Univ de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. jpujade@ub.edu
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Paretas-Martínez
D000818:Animals; D003105:Colombia; D005260:Female; D006927:Hymenoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning