On the genus Sericopimpla Kriechbaumer, 1895 (Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) in the Afrotropics, with the description of a new species

2026/02/09 by Emil M Österman, Tapani Hopkins, Ilari E. Sääksjärvi +2 · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny #Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy #Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution

paper · pdf · doi:10.3897/zookeys.1268.181918

Abstract

Sericopimpla Kriechbaumer, 1895 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) is a moderately large Darwin wasp genus distributed mostly in the Paleotropics and Australasian region. Here, we describe a new Afrotropical species of the genus, S. kibalensis sp. nov ., and provide notes on the intraspecific variation of the other known Afrotropical species: S. sericata (Kriechbaumer, 1895). We record the genus for the first time from Uganda, based on specimens collected with Malaise traps in Kibale National Park.

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• Another new species out! 🥳 Please welcome Sericopimpla kibalensis. 🧪 A genus earlier mainly known from tropical Asia and Australia, with just one African species. After our Ugandan collecting, ther [bsky, 15 points, 1 comments]

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