The Nearctic species of Saotis Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ctenopelmatinae)

D.R. Kasparyan

Abstract. Sixteen North American species of the genus Saotis Förster, 1869 are reviewed. Most of them have Holarctic distribution. Four new species of this genus are described: S. erythropleura sp. nov., S. rufigaster sp. nov., S. tinctor sp. nov. and S. truncator sp. nov. The Nearctic subspecies of four Holarctic species are described and redescribed: S. brevispina lissor subsp. nov., S. granulator albator subsp. nov., S. renovata rufipes subsp. nov. and S. pygidiator nearctor Kasparyan, 2009. A key to the Nearctic species of Saotis is given. The status of the European Iskarus Kolarov, 1987 as a monotypic subgenus of the genus Saotis is justified due to peculiarities in structure of its ovipositor.

Key words: Holarctic, Nearctic, ichneumon-flies, Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ctenopelmatinae, Saotis, new species, new subspecies

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2010, 19(1): 89-116 ▪ Published in print 15 July 2010

https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2010.19.1.89 ▪ Open full article

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