Monday, March 17, 2025

[Entomology • 2024] Rugosimirax bimacula & R. obsolescens • First Records of Miracinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Borneo with Description of Two New Species


Rugosimirax bimacula 
Liu & Polaszek, 2024


Abstract
The braconid subfamily Miracinae is recorded for the first time from Borneo. Two new species are described: Rugosimirax obsolescens sp. nov. and Rugosimirax bimacula sp. nov. based on specimens in the Natural History Museum, UK. The relationships of Miracinae genera are discussed.

Keywords: Rugosimirax, Oriental region, new taxon




Rugosimirax obsolescens sp. nov. 


Rugosimirax bimacula sp. nov.

 
Zhen Liu and Andrew Polaszek. 2024. First Records of Miracinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Borneo with Description of Two New Species. European Journal of Taxonomy. 935(1), 283–292. DOI: doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.935.2563