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New species of the ‘rare’ genera D entigaster Z ettel, 1990 and O dontosphaeropyx C ameron, 1910 ( H ymenoptera: B raconidae: C heloninae)
Author(s) -
Braet Yves,
Noort Simon,
Kittel Rebecca N
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
austral entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.502
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 2052-1758
pISSN - 2052-174X
DOI - 10.1111/aen.12112
Subject(s) - braconidae , hymenoptera , tanzania , synonym (taxonomy) , zoology , taxonomy (biology) , biology , geography , ecology , humanities , genus , parasitoid , philosophy , environmental planning
Abstract Four new species of Cheloninae wasps are described: O dontosphaeropyx bicoloratus B raet sp. nov. from N amibia and T anzania, O . mkomaziensis K ittel sp. nov. from T anzania, and D entigaster ucayali B raet sp. nov. and Dentigaster giuglarisi B raet sp. nov. from F rench G uiana and P eru. D entigaster warana B raet and F retey, 1997 syn. nov. is recognised as a junior synonym of D . barbarella Z ettel, 1990. Updated keys to species of O dontosphaeropyx and D entigaster are provided. New distribution records for O . ruficeps C ameron, 1910, D entigaster tenuiventris Z ettel, 1990, and D entigaster brullei B raet and S harkey, 2012 are included.