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Dolichomitus is a moderately large genus comprising 87 known species, 21 of which occur in the Neotropical region. Here, eight new species from Peru are described and figured: D. chetsorr Inga & Alvarado, sp. nov., D. illa Inga & Alvarado, sp. nov., D. maquinaccasa Inga & Alvarado, sp. nov., D. puka Inga & Alvarado, sp. nov., D. quellue Inga & Alvarado, sp. nov., D. yanasiki Inga & Alvarado, sp. nov., D. urqu Inga & Alvarado, sp. nov., and D. willapi Inga & Alvarado, sp. nov.. Dolichomitus annulicornis (Cameron) and D. meii Di Giovanni & Sääksjärvi are recorded from Peru for first time. Furthermore, Umanella tricoloripes Herrera-Florez is transferred to Dolichomitus, and D. pimmi Araujo & Pádua is synonymized with D. tricoloripes (Herrera-Florez, 2018); and a key to Neotropical species is provided.
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The authors are grateful to the two anonymous reviewers for their review improved considerably our manuscript; to Jhon Alveiro Guiroz Gambia (MEFLG-UNal) for taking the pictures of the paratype of Umanella tricoloripes Herrera-Florez and permitting us to study material preserved in his institution; to Invertebrate Collection at Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA, Brazil) for the use of photographic equipment (for the pictures of the D. annulicornis, D. jatai, D. megalourus, and D. moacyri specimens), and to Isamara S. Santos to taking pictures from INPA. The collecting permits were issued by the Peruvian institutions Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado (009-2019-SERNANP-JEF) and Servicio Nacional Forestal y de Fauna Silvestre (D000390-2020-MIDAGRI-SERFOR-DGGSPFFS).
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This work was supported by the Prociencia No 037–2021- FONDECYT-DE and by the Vicerrectorado de Investigación y Posgrado of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (B18100681, B19100641, B22100881).
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LI and MA conceived the research, collected the data, described the parasitoid wasps, and wrote the original draft. DGP wrote the taxonomic key. All authors reviewed and edited the manuscript and approved the submitted version.
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Inga, L., Alvarado, M. & Pádua, D.G. Peruvian Darwin wasps of the genus Dolichomitus Smith, 1877 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), with a key to Neotropical species. Neotrop Entomol 52, 875–898 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-023-01060-2
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