Seven new species of spider-attacking Hymenoepimecis Viereck (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) from Ecuador, French Guiana, and Peru, with an identification key to the world species

Abstract

Seven new species of Hymenoepimecis Viereck are described from Peruvian Andes and Amazonia, French Guiana and Ecuador: H. andina Padua & Saaksjarvi, sp. nov., H. castilloi Padua & Saaksjarvi, sp. nov., H. dolichocarinata Padua & Saaksjarvi, sp. nov., H. ecuatoriana Padua & Saaksjarvi, sp. nov., H. longilobus Padua & Saaksjarvi, sp. nov., H. pucallpina Padua & Saaksjarvi, sp. nov., and H. rafaelmartinezi Padua & Saaksjarvi, sp. nov. In addition, the male of the Hymenoepimecis kleini Padua & Sobczak, 2015 is described, new faunistic records for the genus provided, as well as an illustrated identification key to all known species of the genus.