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First record of Oxytorinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from South America, with description of a new species of Oxytorus Förster, 1869

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The monotypic subfamily Oxytorinae is recorded for the first time from South America. Oxytorus peruvianus sp. n. from a Peruvian premontane rain forest is described and illustrated. Information on the habitat and phenology of the new species is reported.

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  1. Dpto. Académico de Entomología, Facultad de Agronomía, UNALM. Av. La Molina s/n, Distrito la Molina, Lima 12, Perú

    Mabel Alvarado & Alexander Rodríguez-Berrío

  2. Instituto de Investigatión de Biodiversidad CIBIO, Universidad de Alicante, Ap. Corr. 99, 03080, Alicante, Spain

    Santiago Bordera

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Alvarado, M., Bordera, S. & Rodríguez-Berrío, A. First record of Oxytorinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from South America, with description of a new species of Oxytorus Förster, 1869. Biologia 66, 866–869 (2011). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-011-0087-1

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