First record of the genus Genaemirum (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) from West Africa, with the description of a new species from Guinea

Davide Dal Pos1ORCID icon;Pascal Rousse2ORCID icon

  1. Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, 4110 Libra Dr. Rm 442, Orlando, FL 32816, USA; C/o Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia, Santa Croce 1730, 30135 Venice, Italy
  2. Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 45 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France

Abstract

A new species of the Afrotropical genus Genaemirum Heinrich, 1936 is described from a single female specimen from Guinea and compared to the closest species, G. rhinoceros Heinrich, 1967. Genaemirum filipazzii sp. nov. also provides the first record of the genus for West Africa. An updated key to the species is included.

DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.473

Journal: European Journal of Taxonomy

Issue: 473

Pages: 1-11