Thursday, April 25, 2019

[Entomology • 2019] First Records of the Genus Spilopteron Townes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Acaenitinae) from Vietnam, with Descriptions of Five New Species


Spilopteron brunneum 
Pham, Broad, Matsumoto & van Achterberg, 2019


Abstract
The genus Spilopteron Townes, 1960 (Ichneumonidae: Acaenitinae) is reported for the first time from Vietnam. Five of the seven reported species are described as new, comprising: S. brunneum sp. nov., S. lamdongensis sp. nov., S. nigromaculatum sp. nov., S. tamdaoensis sp. nov., and S. tumidium sp. nov. In addition, two further species, S. flaviapicus Wang & Huang, 1993, and S. fuscomaculatum Wang, 1988, are recorded for the first time from the country.

Keywords: new species, new records, parasitoids, Hymenoptera




 Nhi Thi Pham, Gavin R. Broad, Rikio Matsumoto and Cornelis van Achterberg. 2019. First Records of the Genus Spilopteron Townes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Acaenitinae) from Vietnam, with Descriptions of Five New Species. Zootaxa. 4590(1); 153–165. DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4590.1.6
Shu-Fang Wang and Wen-Zhu Li. 2004. The Genus Spilopteron Townes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) In China. Oriental Insects. 38(1)  DOI:  10.1080/00305316.2004.10417374