Hymenoepimecis is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae best known for parasitizing arachnids, specifically those of the families Araneidae and Tetragnathidae.
Distribution
The species of this genus are found in the New World, from Mexico to southern Brazil.
Species
Hymenoepimecis comprises the following twenty-seven species:
- Hymenoepimecis amazonensis <small>Pádua & Oliveira, 2015</small>
- Hymenoepimecis andina <small>Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020</small>
- Hymenoepimecis argyraphaga <small>Gauld, 2000</small>
- Hymenoepimecis atriceps <small>(Cresson, 1865)</small>
- Hymenoepimecis bicolor <small>(Brullé, 1846)</small>
- Hymenoepimecis cameroni <small>Townes, 1966</small>
- Hymenoepimecis castilloi <small>Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020</small>
- Hymenoepimecis dolichocarinata <small>Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020</small>
- Hymenoepimecis duckensis <small>Pádua & Onody, 2015</small>
- Hymenoepimecis ecuatoriana <small>Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020</small>
- Hymenoepimecis heidyae <small>Gauld, 1991</small>
- Hymenoepimecis heteropus <small>(Kriechbaumer, 1890)</small>
- Hymenoepimecis japi <small>Sobczak, Loffredo, Penteado-Dias & Gonzaga, 2009</small>
- Hymenoepimecis jordanensis <small>Loffredo & Penteado-Dias, 2009</small>
- Hymenoepimecis kleini <small>Pádua & Sobczak, 2015</small>
- Hymenoepimecis longilobus <small>Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020</small>
- Hymenoepimecis manauara <small>Pádua & Oliveira, 2015</small>
- Hymenoepimecis neotropica <small>(Brues & Richardson, 1913)</small>
- Hymenoepimecis pucallpina <small>Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020</small>
- Hymenoepimecis rafaelmartinezi <small>Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020</small>
- Hymenoepimecis ribeiroi <small>Pádua & Sobczak, 2015</small>
- Hymenoepimecis robertsae <small>Gauld, 1991</small>
- Hymenoepimecis silvanae <small>Loffredo & Penteado-Dias, 2009</small>
- Hymenoepimecis sooretama <small>Sobczak, Loffredo, Penteado-Dias & Gonzaga, 2009</small>
- Hymenoepimecis tedfordi <small>Gauld, 1991</small>
- Hymenoepimecis uberensis <small>Pádua & Onody, 2015</small>
- Hymenoepimecis veranii <small>Loffredo & Penteado-Dias, 2009</small>
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