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Issue: Vol. 1002 No. 1: 1 Jun. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-06-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1002.1.3
Page range: 45–58
Abstract views: 41
PDF downloaded: 15

Review of Sesioctonus Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) from Colombia with descriptions of five new species

Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 40502, USA
Universidad Centroccidental “Lisandro Alvarado” Decanato de Agronomía, Dpto. de Ciencias Biológicas - Sección Entomología. Tarabana, Cabudare. Estado Lara. VENEZUELA
Hymenoptera Taxonomy revision Braconidae parasitic Hymenoptera fauna

Abstract

As part of an extensive survey of Colombian arthropods, the species of Sesioctonus from Colombia are reviewed. Nine new Colombian species records for Sesioctonus are reported, including five new species that are described here. The species identified are Sesioctonus diazi Briceño, S. galeos Briceño, S. theskelos Briceño, S. grandis Briceño, S. boliviensis Briceño, Sesioctonus longinoi n.sp., Sesioctonus philipi n.sp., Sesioctonus torresi n.sp., Sesioctonus stephaniai n.sp., and Sesioctonus susanai n.sp. Including the species reported here, eleven species of Sesioctonus are recorded from Colombia. A revised key to all known species of Sesioctonus is presented.

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