A new opiine (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from Australia with discussion of Diachasma Foerster

By

Shirley, Xanthe
Restuccia, Danielle
Ly, Andrew
Wharton, Robert (Robert Alan)

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

437

Pages

33-44

Subjects

Atoreuteus , Lord Howe Island , New Guinea , Notiopambolus

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.437.7726

 

Abstract

A new species of Opiinae, Diachasma dentatum Shirley, Restuccia & Ly, is described from Australia. This species is similar to several other Australian opiines previously described or included in the genus Diachasma, but the mandibles are unusually broad, nearly exodont. Notable differences between Austra­lian and Palaearctic Diachasma are discussed. Diachasma tasmaniae Fischer, 1995, originally described from Tasmania and New South Wales, is newly recorded from Victoria. Diachasma rufipes Szépligeti, 1905 is transferred to Notiopambolus, new combination.