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| Rugosimirax expectata Ranjith & van Achterberg, in Ranjith, van Achterberg et Priyadarsanan, 2023. |
Abstract
A new genus in the braconid subfamily Miracinae is described from the Oriental region including a new species from south India. Additionally, six new species of the genus Centistidea Rohwer is described from India and Sri Lanka. Taxonomic keys to separate the new genus from other miracine genera, to the extant species of Rugosimirax gen. nov. and to the Oriental species of Centistidea are provided.
Keywords: Hymenoptera, Centistidea, Mirax, apomorphic characters, Rugosimirax, taxonomic key
Rugosimirax Ranjith & van Achterberg, gen. nov.
Etymology. The genus is named after the combination of the remarkable rugose or carinate sculpture of the propodeum and ‘Mirax’, the type genus of the subfamily.
Rugosimirax expectata Ranjith & van Achterberg, sp. nov.
Etymology. The species is named after the high chances for finding more new species of Miracinae considering the very limited study of this subfamily.
Distribution. India (Karnataka).
Centistidea burwelli sp. nov.,
Centistidea flavostigmata sp. nov.,
Centistidea furca sp. nov.,
Centistidea lanka sp. nov.,
Centistidea nyeringensis sp. nov.,
Centistidea yamu sp. nov.
A.P. Ranjith, Cornelis van Achterberg, Dharma Rajan Priyadarsanan. 2023. A New Genus in the braconid Subfamily Miracinae from the Oriental region, with Descriptions of Seven New Species from India and Sri Lanka. Zootaxa. 5318(4); 451-473. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5318.4.1
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