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Issue: Vol. 5514 No. 6: 2 Oct. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-10-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5514.6.2
Page range: 525-549
Abstract views: 63
PDF downloaded: 4

First record of the genus Palpostilpnus Aubert (Ichneumonidae: Phygadeuontinae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of eight new species

Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources; Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; 18 Hoang Quoc Viet; Hanoi 10072; Vietnam
Center for Biological Disaster Prevention and Control; National Forestry and Grassland Administration; No. 58 Huanghe North Street; Shenyang 110034; China
Biodiversity and Environmental Change Lab; School of Biological Sciences; University of Hong Kong; Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building; Pokfulam Road; Hong Kong SAR; China
Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources; Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; 18 Hoang Quoc Viet; Hanoi 10072; Vietnam
Biodiversity and Environmental Change Lab; School of Biological Sciences; University of Hong Kong; Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building; Pokfulam Road; Hong Kong SAR; China
Hymenoptera Parasitoid taxonomy Darwin wasps

Abstract

Palpostilpnus Aubert, 1961 is a genus of the subfamily Phygadeuontinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) with 17 currently recognized species from the Oriental and Australasian regions. In this paper, this genus is reported for the first time from Vietnam. Eight new species are described, comprising: P. cattienensis, P. hoanglienensis, P. incompletus, P. melanothoracicus, P. melinhensis, P. meovacensis, P. ngoclinhensis and P. taynguyenensis. Three species, P. maculata Sheng & Sun, 2013, P. pterodactylus Reshchikov, Santos, Liu, Barthélémy, 2019 and P. tamasek Reshchikov, Santos, Liu, Barthélémy, 2019 are recorded as new from the country. The key to the world species of Palpostilpnus by Reshchikov et al. (2019) is modified to include eight new species from Vietnam.

 

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