title: Review of the Neotropical species of Stauropoctonus Brauns, 1889 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae).
abstract: The taxonomy of Neotropical species of Stauropoctonus is reviewed, with redescriptions of S. bicarinatus and S. excarinatus, the description of four new Brazilian species, S. amazonensis sp. n., S. leotacilioi sp. n., S. michelle sp. n., and S. rectus sp. n., and for the first time with a detailed study of the male genitalia of the genus. Additionally, we provide a key to the world Stauropoctonus species.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil; Email: biolimaufmg@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Alessandro Rodrigues
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil; Email: jacobi@icb.ufmg.br.
authors.forename: Claudia Maria
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Jacobi
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil; Email: acfk@icb.ufmg.br.
authors.forename: Alice Fumi
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Kumagai
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D006927:Hymenoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D008297:Male