Revision of Neorthostigma Belokobylskij, 1998 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) with description of a new species from Papua New Guinea

By

Peris Felipo, Francisco Javier
Stigenberg, Julia
Quicke, Donald L. J.
Belokobylʹskiĭ, S. A. (Sergeĭ Aleksandrovich), 1958-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

Journal of Hymenoptera research

Volume

80

Pages

31--47

Subjects

Australasia , Braconidae , endoparasitoid of Diptera , key , new species , new synonym , redescription , Western Palaearctic

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Washington, D.C International Society of Hymenopterists

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.80.58737

 

Abstract

The status of the genus Neorthostigma Belokobylskij, 1998 is re-established as a result of additional morphological studies. A new species, N. braetisp. nov., from Papua New Guinea is described and illustrated. Aspilota brachyclypeataFischer 1978 is transferred to Neorthostigma, hence N. brachyclypeata (Fischer, 1978), comb. nov. A new synonym is suggested, Aspilota macrops Stelfox & Graham, 1951 = Neorthostigma eoum Belokobylskij, 1998, syn. nov.; A. macrops is transferred to Neorthostigma. This genus is additionally recorded in the Western Palaearctic (Norway) and Australasian (Papua New Guinea) regions for the first time. A key for the determination of the three known species of Neorthostigma is provided.