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Issue: Vol. 5244 No. 5: 22 Feb. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-02-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5244.5.5
Page range: 485-500
Abstract views: 268
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First record of the genus Testudobracon Quicke, 1986 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) in Vietnam, with description of four new species

Institute of Ecology & Biological Resources (IEBR), Vietnam Academy of Science & Technology (VAST), 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay, Ha Noi, Vietnam. Graduate University of Science & Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science & Technology (VAST), 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay, Ha Noi, Vietnam.
Institute of Ecology & Biological Resources (IEBR), Vietnam Academy of Science & Technology (VAST), 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay, Ha Noi, Vietnam
Institute of Ecology & Biological Resources (IEBR), Vietnam Academy of Science & Technology (VAST), 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay, Ha Noi, Vietnam
Institute of Ecology & Biological Resources (IEBR), Vietnam Academy of Science & Technology (VAST), 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay, Ha Noi, Vietnam
Institute of Ecology & Biological Resources (IEBR), Vietnam Academy of Science & Technology (VAST), 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay, Ha Noi, Vietnam
Ichneumonoidea Braconini new record new species parasitoid Australasian Eastern Palaearctic Oriental Hymenoptera

Abstract

Five species of the genus Testudobracon Quicke, 1986 in Vietnam were recognized, and four new species, viz. Testudobracon alius Long, sp. nov., Testudobracon descensus Long, sp. nov., Testudobracon imitator Long, sp. nov., and Testudobracon phiaoacus Long & PQMai, sp. nov. are described and fully illustrated. Additionally, the genus Testudobracon and one species, Testudobracon flavus Tang, Chen & He, 1997, are newly recorded for the Vietnam’s braconid fauna. A checklist of the already known of Testudobracon species is provided, a key to Vietnamese species of the genus Testudobracon in Vietnam, their in-country distribution, and differentiation of the known similar species are also given.

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