Subfamily composition of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) from eastern Uruguay

Daniell R. R. Fernandes; Diego G. Pádua; Rogéria I. R. Lara; Nelson W. Perioto; Juan P. Burla; Enrique Castiglioni

doi:10.37486/2675-1305.ec01016

Authors

Daniell R. R. Fernandes Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2208-6349
Diego G. Pádua Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5061-2978
Rogéria I. R. Lara Instituto Biológico de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5080-9081
Nelson W. Perioto Instituto Biológico de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2648-0730
Juan P. Burla Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7550-2203
Enrique Castiglioni Centro Universitario Regional del Este, Universidad de la República https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2743-0628

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37486/2675-1305.ec01016

Keywords:

Idiobiont, koinobiont, Neotropical, parasitoid wasp, South America

Abstract

The knowledge of invertebrate diversity in Uruguay is much less as compared to bird and tetrapod fauna, but some important advances have been made within some groups of insects. The Ichneumonidae constitute one of the largest families in the animal kingdom. This family is important because their larvae can be either endo- or ectoparasitoids of larvae or pupae of holometabolous insects as well as Chelicerata. In this study ichneumonid wasps were collected from three environments near the city of Castillos, Rocha Department, Uruguay between December 2014 and December 2016. A total of 5740 Ichneumonidae specimens were collected, representing 19 subfamilies, of which 3685 specimens (64.2%) correspond to three subfamilies: Campopleginae (1533 specimens/26.7%), Ichneumoninae (1303/22.7%) and Cryptinae (849/14.8%) ; all others subfamilies together represented less than 7.0% of the total specimens. In addition, 32 genera were registered for the first time in Uruguay.