The genus Spathius Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae) in Mexico: occurrence of a highly diverse Old World taxon in the Neotropics

By

Belokobylʹskiĭ, S. A. (Sergeĭ Aleksandrovich), 1958-
Zaldivar-Riverón, Alejandro

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

427

Pages

59-73

Subjects

Central America , Ectoparasitoids , Ichneumonoidea , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.427.8074

 

Abstract

Two new species of the parasitoid wasp genus Spathius Nees (Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Mexico, S.mexicanus sp. n. and S. chamelae sp. n., are described and illustrated. These represent the second and third described species of this highly diverse Old World genus in the Neotropics, and the first described species recorded for the Mexican territory.