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 Pádua & Oliveira, 2015 Hymenoepimecis andina Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020 Hymenoepimecis argyraphaga Gauld, 2000 Hymenoepimecis atriceps (Cresson, 1865) Hymenoepimecis bicolor (Brullé, 1846) Hymenoepimecis cameroni Townes, 1966 Hymenoepimecis castilloi Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020 Hymenoepimecis dolichocarinata Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020 Hymenoepimecis duckensis Pádua & Onody, 2015 Hymenoepimecis ecuatoriana Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020 Hymenoepimecis heidyae Gauld, 1991 Hymenoepimecis heteropus (Kriechbaumer, 1890) Hymenoepimecis japi Sobczak, Loffredo, Penteado-Dias & Gonzaga, 2009 Hymenoepimecis jordanensis Loffredo & Penteado-Dias, 2009 Hymenoepimecis kleini Pádua & Sobczak, 2015 Hymenoepimecis longilobus Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020 Hymenoepimecis manauara Pádua & Oliveira, 2015 Hymenoepimecis neotropica (Brues & Richardson, 1913) Hymenoepimecis pucallpina Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020 Hymenoepimecis rafaelmartinezi Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020 Hymenoepimecis ribeiroi Pádua & Sobczak, 2015 Hymenoepimecis robertsae Gauld, 1991 Hymenoepimecis silvanae Loffredo & Penteado-Dias, 2009 Hymenoepimecis sooretama Sobczak, Loffredo, Penteado-Dias & Gonzaga, 2009 Hymenoepimecis tedfordi Gauld, 1991 Hymenoepimecis uberensis Pádua & Onody, 2015 Hymenoepimecis veranii Loffredo & Penteado-Dias, 2009
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