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Issue: Vol. 5807 No. 2: 11 May 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-05-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5807.2.3
Page range: 288-304
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A new species of Aleiodes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) from Thailand

Program in Zoology; Department of Biology; Faculty of Science; Chulalongkorn University; Bangkok 10330; Thailand; Center of Excellence in Integrative Insect Ecology; Department of Biology; Faculty of Science; Chulalongkorn University; Phayathai Road; Pathumwan; BKK 10330; Thailand
Center of Excellence in Integrative Insect Ecology; Department of Biology; Faculty of Science; Chulalongkorn University; Phayathai Road; Pathumwan; BKK 10330; Thailand
Center of Excellence in Integrative Insect Ecology; Department of Biology; Faculty of Science; Chulalongkorn University; Phayathai Road; Pathumwan; BKK 10330; Thailand
Hymenoptera Braconidae Rogadinae Aleiodes new taxa Doi Phu Kha National Park Thailand

Abstract

Aleiodes kitanai Atsawasiramanee, Quicke and Butcher, sp. nov. (Braconidae: Rogadinae) from Doi Phu Kha National Park in northern Thailand is described and illustrated photographically. The new species belongs to a member of the A. apicalis species group formerly treated as the subgenus Chelonorhogas Enderlein, 1912. Molecular phylogenetic analysis shows it to be the sister group to A. georgiae Quicke & Butcher, also from north Thailand. These two species share white-banded antennae but can be distinguished by differences in sculpturation, coloration and the modified metasomal tergite 3 of the female which is distinctly emarginate postero-medially in the new species. The new species increases the total number of Aleiodes species known from Thailand to 185. A modified key couplet is provided to facilitate its identification and a molecular phylogeny of the apicalis species group obtained is presented and discussed.

 

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Atsawasiramanee, W., Quicke, D.L.J. & Butcher, B.A. (2026) A new species of Aleiodes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) from Thailand. Zootaxa, 5807 (2), 288–304. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5807.2.3