Integrated taxonomy unveils three new species of Foenobethylus (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from China

By

Li, Yang
Wang, Zheng
Chen, Huayan.
Luo, Shixiao

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-2-28

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

89

Pages

89--108

Subjects

Flat wasps , key , new species , parasitoid wasp , Phylogeny , Pristocerinae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.89.78856

 

Abstract

Species of the genus Foenobethylus Kieffer, 1913 are parasitoids wasps rarely collected and are only found in the Oriental region. In this study, based on both morphological and molecular evidence, we describe three new species from China: F. robusta Li & Chen, sp. nov., F. xinglongsensis Wang & Chen, sp. nov., and F. yunkaishanensis Chen & Luo, sp. nov. An updated key to species of the genus is provided. Additionally, the phylogenetic relationships between Foenobethylus and other three morphologically similar genera are discussed based on the analyses of COI and 28S genes.