Seven new species of Notiospathius (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae) from Northwest Venezuela

By

López-Estrada, Estefany Karen
Briceño G., Rosa A.
Smith, M. Alex
Nunes, Juliano
Penteado-Dias, Angelica Maria
Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara
Clebsch, Hans
Zaldivar-Riverón, Alejandro

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

Journal of Hymenoptera research

Volume

29

Pages

37-61

Subjects

Barcoding , GMYC model , integrative taxonomy , Neotropical region , parasitoid wasp

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Washington, D.C International Society of Hymenopterists

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.29.3555

 

Abstract

We describe seven new species of the doryctine wasp genus Notiospathius Matthews & Marsh from Northwest Venezuela: N. araguae sp. n., N. bolivari sp. n., N. curvilineatus sp. n., N. dantei sp. n., N. estradae sp. n., N. larensis sp. n., and N. venezuelae sp. n. These represent the first described species of the genus reported for this country. Species boundaries for the above taxa were confirmed using the General mixed Yule-coalescent method with 441 DNA barcode sequences from specimens assigned to Notiospathius and other closely related genera collected in different countries along the Neotropics.