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Issue: Vol. 5406 No. 1: 2 Feb. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-02-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.1.11
Page range: 190-200
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Taxonomic notes on some neglected doryctine wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Argentina described by J. Brèthes and E. Blanchard.

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET).; Grupo de Estudios Multidisciplinarios en Artrópodos (G.E.M.A.); Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Universidad Nacional de La Pampa; Santa Rosa; La Pampa; Argentina
Grupo de Estudios Multidisciplinarios en Artrópodos (G.E.M.A.); Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Universidad Nacional de La Pampa; Santa Rosa; La Pampa; Argentina
Hymenoptera Allorhogas Austrodolops Heterospilus Hormiopius new synonymy new combination

Abstract

The type specimens of Austrodolops eremitae Blanchard, Doryctes ridiaschinae Brèthes, and Hormiopius ptericoptophagus Blanchard were studied and reclassified according to the current classification of the subfamily Doryctinae. The monotypic genera Austrodolops Blanchard and Hormiopius Blanchard are treated as junior synonyms of Allorhogas Gahan (syn. nov.) and Heterospilus Haliday (syn. nov.) respectively. Examination of the gall associated species D. ridiaschinae shows that it belongs in the genus Allorhogas. All species are redescribed and illustrated and the following new combinations are proposed: Allorhogas eremitae (Blanchard) (comb. nov.), Allorhogas ridiaschinae (Brèthes) (comb. nov.) and Heterospilus ptericoptophagus (Blanchard) (comb. nov.). Lectotypes are designated for all studied species and the genus Doryctes is excluded from the currently known Argentine fauna.

 

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