Synonymy of Idiococcobius Hayat with Coccobius Ratzeburg (Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae): evidenced by a new species from Malaysian Borneo

By

Geng, Hui
Li, Cheng-De 1963-
Mottern, Jason
Polaszek, Andrew

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

Journal of Hymenoptera research

Volume

78

Pages

33--40

Subjects

Chalcid wasps , Chalcidoidea , India , Malaysia , parasitoids , Sabah , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Washington, D.C International Society of Hymenopterists

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.78.53064

 

Abstract

Idiococcobius Hayat, syn. nov., is synonymised with Coccobius Ratzeburg, based on morphological and molecular data from a new species of Coccobius from Malaysian Borneo. The new species is sufficiently similar morphologically to the type species of Idiococcobius to place it unambiguously within that genus, but molecular data from the new species, and a reassessment of the morphology of Idiococcobius, indicate synonymy of the two genera. Idiococcobius encarsoides Hayat is therefore transferred to Coccobius; resulting in the new combination: Coccobius encarsoides (Hayat), comb. nov.Coccobius islandicus Geng & Polaszek, sp. nov, is described from morphology and DNA sequence data.