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Description of a New Genus and Three New Species of Figitinae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) from Colombia

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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.

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Acknowledgments

We are very grateful to Dr. Claudia Medina for the loan of the undetermined material from Colombia in which this study is based. We also want to thank Dr. Notton (NHM), Dr. Villemant (MNHN), Dr. Schmidt (ZSM), and Dr. Brandao (USP) for the loan of type material; Mar Ferrer-Suay (UB) for the optic pictures; and Palmira Ros-Farré (UB) for the SEM pictures that illustrate this study. Finally, we thank Dr. Zarazaga for his help and comments regarding the ICZN.

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  1. Fac de Biologia, Dept de Biologia Animal, Univ de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    J Pujade-Villar, R Petersen-Silva & J Paretas-Martínez

  2. Fac de Biologia, Dept de Biologia Animal, Univ de Barcelona, Avda Diagonal, 643, 08028, Barcelona, Spain

    J Pujade-Villar

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Pujade-Villar, J., Petersen-Silva, R. & Paretas-Martínez, J. Description of a New Genus and Three New Species of Figitinae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) from Colombia. Neotrop Entomol 42, 63–71 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-012-0095-z

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