Resolution of the Aleiodes seriatus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838)-aggregate in the western Palaearctic (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae), with description of a new species

By

Achterberg, C. van
Shaw, Mark
Fernandez-Triana, Jose
Quicke, Donald L. J.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1208

Pages

241--258

Subjects

Aleiodes pseudoseriatus sp. nov , Aleiodes seriatus , Atolmis rubricollis , Eilema griseola , molecular barcodes , Morphology , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1208.127135

 

Abstract

Two European species are recognised and characterised within the traditional Aleiodes seriatus species concept, based initially on DNA barcoding but with supporting, although slight and sometimes unreliable, morphological differences. Aleiodes pseudoseriatussp. nov. is described and a neotype is designated for Rogas seriatus Herrich-Schäffer, 1838. Specimens from the Russian Far East were also DNA barcoded and were found to belong to a new species distinct from the two European taxa. The two European species were found to use different lithosiine hosts.