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Issue: Vol. 2498 No. 1: 8 Jun. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-06-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2498.1.3
Page range: 47–52
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 2

Aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) from Thailand

Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, P.O.Box 998615–538, Zabol, I. R. Iran
Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studenstki trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, Department of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, 8 Stefanou Delta str., Kifissia, 14561, Attica, Greece
Hymenoptera Institute, Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, Sciences Centre North, Lexington, KY, 40546–0091, USA
Hymenoptera aphids parasitoids biodiversity national parks Thailand

Abstract

Original information on aphidiine braconids from Thailand is presented. Collections of specimens from 2006 through 2008 using Malaise traps and yellow pan traps yielded 7 new species records for the country, i.e., Binodoxys indicus Subba Rao et Sharma, Bioxys japonicus Starý et Schlinger, Diaeretus leucopterus (Haliday), Ephedrus lacertosus (Haliday), Fissicaudus thailandicus Starý et Rakshshani, Indaphidius curvicaudatus Starý and Parabioxys songbaiensis Shi et Chen. The new records demonstrate faunal connections with India, Vietnam, the eastern Palaearctic, and more interestingly disjunct connections with the western Palaearctic, i.e. Ephedrus lacertosus (Haliday), Diaeretus leucopterus (Haliday), Lipolexis gracilis Förster, and afrotropical regions, i.e. Aphidius autriquei Starý. In all, 11 species belonging to 10 genera are presented.

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