Taxonomic contribution to the Aleiodes melanopterus (Erichson) species-group (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae) from Brazil

By

Shimbori, Eduardo Mitio
Penteado-Dias, Angelica Maria

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

142

Pages

15-25

Subjects

Brazil , Distribution , Eucystomastax , new species

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.142.1705

 

Abstract

The Aleiodes melanopterus (Erichson, 1848) species-group includes 21 species, of which seven are known from the Neotropical region: A. flavistigma Shaw, 1993, A. lucidus (Szépligeti, 1906), A. melanopterus, A. mexicanus Cresson, 1869, A. politiceps (Gahan, 1917), and the new species A. shaworum sp. n. and A. vassununga sp. n. Distribution ranges of A. melanopterus, A. flavistigma and A. lucidus are extended and the female of A. lucidus is described. A key to the Neotropical species of this species-group is presented.