Afrotropical Centistidea Rohwer, 1914 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with description of four new species

By

Liu, Zhen
Polaszek, Andrew

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1216

Pages

83--100

Subjects

Africa , leaf-miner , Miracinae , Mirax , new taxa

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1216.133127

 

Abstract

The braconid parasitoid wasp genus Centistidea Rohwer, 1914 is revised for the Afrotropical region, with four new species described; Centistidea areolaris Liu & Polaszek, sp. nov., C. linearis Liu & Polaszek, sp. nov., C. longipedes Liu & Polaszek, sp. nov., and C. turneri Liu & Polaszek, sp. nov. are described based on specimens from the Natural History Museum, United Kingdom, and the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium. An illustrated key to species in the Afrotropical region is provided.