@article {1949, title = {First record of the genus Rasnitsynoryctes Belokobylskij, 2011 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae) in Vietnam, with the description of a new species}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {854}, year = {2019}, month = {10/06/2019}, pages = {17-24}, chapter = {17}, abstract = {

The rare doryctine genus Rasnitsynoryctes Belokobylskij, 2011 is recorded for the braconid fauna of\ Vietnam for the first time. A new species of this genus, R. vietnamicus sp. nov., is described and illustrated.

}, keywords = {Ichneumonoidea, new record, Oriental region, parasitoid}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.854.34810}, author = {K.D. Long and S.A. Belokobylskij} } @article {1944, title = {Revisionary taxonomy of the American Doryctine wasp genus Callihormius Ashmead, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)}, journal = {Annales Zoologici}, volume = {68}, year = {2018}, pages = {211-235}, chapter = {211}, abstract = {

The taxonomy of the American doryctine genus Callihormius is revised. Four\ Nearctic species are redescribed, including the type species of the genus (C. bifasciatus\ Ashmead, 1900, C. stigmatus Marsh, 1966, C. texanus Marsh, 1966 and C. werneri\ Marsh, 1966). Four Neotropical species are also described: C. circumlitoris sp. nov.,\ C. franciscomartoi sp. nov., C. palagannensis sp. nov. and C. tayronensis sp. nov.\ Callihormius longicaudatus (Nettleton, 1938) is considered as \“incertae sedis\”.\ A taxonomic key for the 13 currently recognised species of Callihormius is provided.

}, keywords = {Ichneumonoidea, Nearctic, Neotropics, taxonomic key}, doi = {10.3161/00034541ANZ2018.68.2.002}, author = {S. de Souza Gadelha and A. Zaldivar-Riveron and M.L. de Oliveira} } @article {1937, title = {Taxonomic revision of the New World genus Stenocorse Marsh (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae)}, year = {2019}, abstract = {

Stenocorse (Braconidae) is a doryctine wasp genus widely distributed from\ southern USA to central Argentina, and it has been reported to be ectoparasitoid of over 60\ bruchine (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) species. The genus currently contains a single\ described species, S. bruchivora (Crawford), though recent molecular and morphological\ evidence revealed that it is actually composed of various undescribed species. Here we\ redescribe S. bruchivora (Crawford) and describe five new species from various\ geographic regions along the Neotropics (S. atlanticus sp. nov., S. maesoi sp. nov.,\ S. pacificus sp. nov., S. rosabricenae sp. nov., S. sudamericanus sp. nov.) We could\ not morphologically distinguish S. atlanticus sp. nov. from S. pacificus sp. nov., though\ they can be consistently delimited both geographically and with mitochondrial and nuclear\ DNA sequence data. We include information about the host plant legumes where the\ recognised species of Stenocorse and their associated bruchines were reared. A key to the\ recognised species of Stenocorse is provided.

}, keywords = {cryptic species, Doryctinae, Ichneumonoidea, key, Neotropics, Stenocorse}, doi = {10.3161/00034541ANZ2019.69.3.011}, author = {A. Zaldivar-Riveron and J.M. Jasso-Martinez and N. Delgado-Machuca and C.E. Sarmiento and A. Gonzalez-Joya and L. Del Bianco Faria} } @article {1934, title = {Phylogenomics and mitochondrial genome evolution of the gall-associated doryctine wasp genera (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)}, journal = {Systematics and Biodiversity}, volume = {17}, year = {2019}, pages = {731{\textendash}744}, chapter = {731}, abstract = {

The braconid subfamily Doryctinae is a cosmopolitan, highly diverse group of wasps mainly represented by parasitoid\ species. In this subfamily, however, there is a group of mainly Neotropical genera whose species are associated with\ galls of several vascular plant families. Previous molecular phylogenetic studies based on a few markers consistently\ recovered the monophyly of this group, though various relationships among genera and the monophyly of its most\ speciose genus, Allorhogas Gahan, remained unresolved. We characterized the mitogenomes of 13 representative species\ of the gall-associated doryctine clade and performed a phylogenomic analysis with both mitogenome and ultraconserved\ element (UCE) DNA sequence data to assess the classification of Doryctinae and to examine the evolution of\ phytophagy within the group. We found different patterns of tRNA gene rearrangements, two of which are present in\ most of the ingroup taxa. All phylogenetic analyses yielded highly similar, well-supported topologies that are congruent\ with relationships reported in previous studies. The resulting phylogenies confirmed Percnobracon as sister to the\ remaining genera and supported two separate clades whose genera are exclusively associated with Ficus (Moraceae).\ Allorhogas is confirmed to be polyphyletic. The combined evidence also supported a main Allorhogas clade composed\ of multiple phytophagous species that feed on at least five different host plant families. Further rearing records and\ phylogenetic studies are needed to examine host plant shifts and to broaden our understanding of a poorly studied\ radiation of gall-associated wasps.

}, keywords = {Ichneumonoidea, mitogenome, Neotropics, phylogenomics, phytophagy, ultraconserved elements}, doi = {10.1080/14772000.2019.1685608}, author = {E. Samaca-Saenz and R.N. Meza-Lazaro and M.G. Branstetter and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} } @article {1932, title = {New species of the Rhaconotus jacobsoni group (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae) from Vietnam}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {853}, year = {2019}, pages = {37-55}, chapter = {37}, abstract = {

Four new species of the genus Rhaconotus Ruthe from Vietnam are described and illustrated \– Rhaconotus\ directus Long, sp. nov., R. laevigatus Long, sp. nov., R. robustus Long, sp. nov., and R. simulatus Long, sp.\ nov. A key to species of Rhaconotus jacobsoni group from the Oriental region is provided.

}, keywords = {Afrotropical, Ichneumonoidea, key, Oriental, Rhaconotini, systematics}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.853.33938}, url = {http://zoobank.org/334DE9B4-FDFE-4050-8B7A-04CD96A92155}, author = {N. Thi Oanh and K. Dang Long} } @article {1929, title = {Systematics and evolution of the parasitoid wasp genera of the tribe Holcobraconini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae)}, journal = {Organisms Diversity \& Evolution}, year = {2019}, month = {06/2019}, abstract = {

The tribe Holcobraconini (Braconidae: Doryctinae) is a group of parasitoid wasps mainly found in the tropical and subtropical\ regions of the world. It contains seven genera (Holcobracon Cameron, Ivondrovia Shenefelt \& Marsh, Liodoryctes Sz\épligeti,\ Monarea Sz\épligeti, Nervellius Roman, Odontobracon Cameron and Zombrus Marshall), most of which are characterized by\ having the m-cu vein of the hind wing long and strongly curved towards the apex of wing. Some studies, however, found that\ three doryctine genera that lack the above feature (Binarea Brull\é, Liobracon Sz\épligeti and Odontodoryctes Granger) might be\ closely related to holcobraconines. Here, we reconstructed the phylogenetic relationships among species of six holcobraconine\ genera and the three putative closely related genera using four gene markers and estimated the times of origin and diversification\ within the tribe. The holcobraconine genera were intermingled in a clade with the above three genera. Liobracon and Zombrus\ were not recovered as monophyletic. Acanthodoryctes Turner, Antidoryctes Belokobylskij \& Quicke and Priosphys Enderlein\ were also included within the Holcobraconini based on morphology. Based on molecular evidence and on morphological\ examination of the genera involved, Holcobraconini is proposed to comprise 13 genera for which we include morphological\ diagnoses. The origin of the tribe probably occurred during the late Palaeocene to mid Eocene, 44.43 to 58.15 Mya. At least two\ main dispersal events from the Ethiopian to the other biogeographic regions could have led to the current geographic distribution\ of the Holcobraconini associated with the global increase of temperature during the Late Palaeocene to Middle Eocene.

}, keywords = {Ichneumonoidea, Insecta, phylogeny, Relaxed molecular clock, taxonomy}, issn = {1618-1077}, doi = {10.1007/s13127-019-00407-1}, author = {R. Casta{\~n}eda-Osorio and S.A. Belokobylskij and Y. Braet and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} } @article {1928, title = {Two new species of Platydoryctes Barbalho and Penteado-Dias, 2000 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Brazil, with an identification key for species}, journal = {Brazilian Journal of Biology}, year = {2019}, month = {07/2019}, abstract = {

Platydoryctes Barbalho and Penteado-Dias 2000 is a small genus of Neotropical parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera:\ Braconidae: Doryctinae) with four described species to date. Two new species of the genus are described from Brazil,\ and a key to species is presented in this paper.

}, keywords = {Biodiversity, Ichneumonoidea, Neotropical, parasitoid wasp, taxonomy}, doi = {10.1590/1519-6984.189059}, url = { http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext\&pid=S1519-69842019005007101\&lng=en}, author = {Castro, C.S. and Penteado-D{\'\i}as, A.M.} } @article {1925, title = {A new aberrant Doryctinae genus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from French Guiana}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4604}, year = {2019}, month = {05/2019}, pages = {381-387}, abstract = {

A new genus, Cerritulus gen. nov., with type species, C. forticrura sp. nov., are described from French Guiana based on\ a single specimen that is considerably distinct morphologically from all known Neotropical genera. The new genus is only\ partially similar to the enigmatic, monotypic Asian genera Ceylonspathius Belokobylskij and Termitospathius Belokobylskij,\ whose species were collected inside termite nests. We provide colour pictures for the type species of the above\ three genera.

}, keywords = {Ichneumonoidea, Neotropics, parasitoid wasp, South America, taxonomy}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4604.2.10}, author = {A. Zaldivar Riveron and S.A. Belokobylskij and Y. Braet} } @article {1916, title = {The genus Spathius Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae) in Mexico: occurrence of a highly diverse Old World taxon in the Neotropics}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {427}, year = {2014}, pages = {59-73}, chapter = {59}, abstract = {

Two new species of the parasitoid wasp genus Spathius Nees (Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Mexico,\ S. mexicanus sp. n. and S. chamelae sp. n., are described and illustrated. These represent the second and\ third described species of this highly diverse Old World genus in the Neotropics, and the first described\ species recorded for the Mexican territory.

}, keywords = {Central America, Ectoparasitoid, Ichneumonoidea, new species, taxonomy}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.427.8074}, author = {S.A. Belokobylskij and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} } @article {1911, title = {Venifurca, a new genus of neotropical Doryctinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), and its phylogenetic placement}, journal = {Journal of Hymenoptera Research}, volume = {51}, year = {2016}, pages = {91-100}, chapter = {91}, abstract = {

A new genus belonging to the braconid wasp subfamily Doryctinae, Venifurca gen. n., is described containing\ one species, Venifurca leiosoma sp. n. The new genus is morphologically similar to Johnsonius\ Marsh and Semirhytus Sz\épligeti. A phylogenetic analysis based on one nuclear (28S) and one mitochondrial\ (COI) gene marker supported the close affinity of these three genera + Bolivar Zald\ívar-River\ón \&\ Rodr\íguez-Jim\énez and Parallorhogas Marsh. All these genera are mainly characterized by having vein\ m-cu of the hind wing slightly curved distally.

}, keywords = {cyclostome braconids, Ichneumonoidea, key, Parasitoid wasps, phylogeny, taxonomy}, doi = {10.3897/jhr.51.9634}, author = {S.S. Gadelha and J.F. Nunes and A. Zaldivar-Riveron and M.L. Oliveira} } @article {1908, title = {New genera, species and records of Doryctinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Brazil}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4083}, year = {2016}, pages = {359-370}, chapter = {359}, abstract = {

Two new genera of Doryctinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) are described, Parsteres n. gen., Tuberatra n. gen., and are added to the identification key of Marsh (1997). Three new species are also described: P. pilosus n. sp., T. curvicauda n. sp., and Barbalhoa longicaudus n. sp. An identification key to the species of Barbalhoa Marsh, 2002 is presented, and nine species of the subfamily have their first record for Brazil.

}, keywords = {cyclostome braconids, Ichneumonoidea, key, parasitoid wasps. Barbalhoa, taxonomy}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4083.3.2}, author = {S. de Souza Gadelha and J.F. Nunes and M.L. de Oliveira} } @article {1906, title = {Sergey gen. n., a new doryctine genus from temperate forests of Mexico and Cuba (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {589}, year = {2016}, pages = {143-164}, chapter = {143}, abstract = {

The new doryctine genus Sergey gen. n. is described with four new species (S. cubaensis Zald\ívar-River\ón\ \& Mart\ínez, sp. n., S. coahuilensis Zald\ívar-River\ón \& Mart\ínez, sp. n., S. tzeltal Mart\ínez \& Zal\ídivar-River\ón, sp. n., S. tzotzil Mart\ínez \& Zal\ídivar-River\ón, sp. n.) from temperate forests of Mexico and\ Cuba. Similar to many other doryctine taxa, the new genus has a considerably elongated, petiolate basal\ sternal plate of the first metasomal tergite, although it can be distinguished from these by having the\ mesoscutum sharply declivous anteriorly with sharp anterolateral edges. The described species have been\ characterised molecularly based on two mitochondrial (COI, cyt b) and one nuclear (28S) gene markers.\ Based on the mitochondrial gene genealogies reconstructed, the evidence suggests the existence of incomplete\ lineage sorting or hybridization in the populations from Chiapas and Oaxaca assigned to S. tzeltal\ sp. n.

}, keywords = {Doryctinae, Ichneumonoidea, incomplete lineage sorting, keys, new species, taxonomy}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.589.8291}, author = {J.J. Martinez and R.N.M. L{\'a}zaro and C. Pedraza-Lara and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} } @article {1886, title = {Mexiare gen. nov., a new Doryctinae genus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Mexico with fused first and second metasomal tergites}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3914}, year = {2015}, pages = {122-130}, chapter = {122}, abstract = {

A new braconid genus from the subfamily Doryctinae, Mexiare gen. nov. (type species M. toledoi sp. nov.) is described\ from the state of Morelos in Central Mexico. The described species of this genus is characterised by having immovably\ fused first and second metasomal tergites, a feature also present in species of two Oriental (Arhaconotus Belokobylskij\ and Mimipodoryctes Belokobylskij) and one Neotropical (Iare Barbalho et Penteado-Dias) genera. The new genus, however,\ can be distinguished from the Neotropical Iare by the presence of a semi-oval basal area on the second metasomal\ tergite, distinctly short submedial (subbasal) cell of hind wing, more than three hamuli, considerably short second radiomedial\ (submarginal) cell, narrow radial (marginal) cell of fore wing and mostly smooth mesoscutum. A phylogenetic\ analysis among doryctine genera based on two gene markers (28S and COI) placed Mexiare gen. nov. within a previously\ recovered major South American clade, though its relationships with other taxa remain unclear.

}, keywords = {Ichneumonoidea, morphology, Neotropics, parasitoid, taxonomy}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.3914.2.2}, url = {http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AC29172C-BF40-4B55-91AD-7FCFD9B71181}, author = {S.A. Belokobylskij and E. Samaca-Saenz and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} } @article {1883, title = {Phylogenetic relationships and description of Bolivar, a new genus of Neotropical doryctine wasps (Hymenoptera : Braconidae)}, journal = {Invertebrate Systematics}, volume = {27}, year = {2013}, month = {12/2013}, pages = {673{\textendash}688}, abstract = {

Metasomal elongation is a common feature in species of various parasitoid Hymenoptera, probably due to adaptive morphological convergence to similar parasitoid strategies. The braconid subfamily Doryctinae is perhaps where this feature has evolved the most times independently. Here we recognise a new Neotropical doryctine wasp genus with a petiolate first metasomal tergum, based on molecular and morphological analysis. The phylogenetic affinities of the new genus within Doryctinae and the relationships among six of its described and three potentially cryptic, undescribed species were reconstructed using sequence data from three genes, wingless, 28SrDNA and COI. The new genus is resolved in a clade together with Semirhytus Sz\épligeti, Johnsonius Marsh and Parallorhogas Marsh. These four genera share vein m-cu of the hind wing slightly curved distally and the propodeum with a distinct lateral and median longitudinal carina and an apical areola. The relationships recovered among the examined species suggest a South American origin for the new genus and its subsequent diversification into Central America and Mexico. Described as Bolivar, gen. nov., this new taxon comprises eight species, two species previously placed within Notiospathius Matthews \& Marsh, B. ornaticornis (Cameron), comb. nov., and B. bribri (Marsh), comb. nov., and six new species (B. ecuadorensis, sp. nov., B. helmuthi, sp. nov., B. pittieri, sp. nov., B. risaraldae, sp. nov., B. teres, sp. nov. and B. tuxtlae, sp. nov.).

}, keywords = {Doryctinae, Ichneumonoidea, Insecta, new species}, doi = {10.1071/IS13021}, author = {A. Zaldivar-Riveron and A. Rodr{\'\i}guez-Jim{\'e}nez and C.E. Sarmiento and C. Pedraza-Lara and E.K. L{\'o}pez-Estrada} } @article {1816, title = {The genus Hecabolus Curtis 1834 (Braconidae: Doryctinae) in South America, with description of six new species}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3664}, year = {2013}, month = {05/2013}, pages = {377-391}, abstract = {
Six new species of the doryctinae wasp genus Hecabolus Curtis 1834 (Braconidae) are described from Brazil and Venezuela: H. assis sp. nov., H. julianoi sp. nov., H. robustus sp. nov., H. semiaridus sp. nov., H. shimborii sp. nov., and H. sulmatogrossensis sp. nov. A key to the nine described species of Hecabolus is provided.
}, keywords = {Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea, Insecta, key, parasitoid}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.3664.3.8}, author = {de Castro, C.S. and A. Zaldivar-Riveron and R.G. Brice{\~n}o and A.M. Penteado-Dias} } @article {1808, title = {Phylogenetic affinities of Monarea Sz{\'e}pligeti, 1904 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Doryctinae), with description of a new species from Mexico}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3795}, year = {2014}, pages = {421-430}, abstract = {
The genus Monarea Sz\épligeti is recorded from Mexico for the first time. A new species, Monarea fridae sp. nov., is described and illustrated from the states of Morelos, Puebla and Jalisco, Mexico. The phylogenetic placement of the genus is investigated based on nuclear (28S) and mitochondrial (COI) DNA sequence data. Based on the relationships recovered,\ Monarea is transferred to the tribe Holcobraconini, which is also supported by features of the internal ovipositor structure and the venom glands and reservoir. A key to the four currently recognised species of Monarea is provided.
}, keywords = {Apocrita, holobraconini, Ichneumonoidea, key, Neotropics, parasitoid, taxonomy}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.3795.4.2}, author = {S.A. Belokobylskij and A. Zaldivar-Riveron and Coronado-Blanco, J.M.} } @article {1761, title = {Broad polyphyly and historical biogeography of the neotropical wasp genus Notiospathius (Braconidae: Doryctinae)}, journal = {Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution}, volume = {69}, year = {2013}, pages = {142-152}, abstract = {

Morphological convergence is a frequently observed pattern that occurs in species with similar environments,\ trophic niches, and/or life history strategies. In particular, adaptive morphological convergence is\ common in small, highly diverse invertebrate taxa sharing similar life history strategies such as parasitoidism.\ The genus Notiospathius is a braconid parasitoid wasp group with a vast, undetermined number\ of species distributed throughout the Neotropics. Members of this genus possess a considerably elongated,\ petiolate first metasomal tergite. This structure, however, also occurs in species of other doryctine\ genera, both closely and distantly related, probably due to adaptation for attacking wood and bark boring\ coleopteran larvae. Here we investigated the phylogenetic relationships among 117 species assigned to\ Notiospathius, including species of its closely related genera Masonius and Tarasco, as well as members\ of a number of other doryctine genera in order to test its monophyly. Separate and concatenated Bayesian\ partitioned analyses were carried out using two mitochondrial and three nuclear gene markers. The influence\ of each gene on the overall topology was verified using a cross-validation analysis for each marker\ with a \‘\‘leave-one-out\’\’ approach. Moreover, the historical biogeography of Notiospathius was assessed\ calculating divergence time estimates of clades with BEAST and performing ancestral area reconstruction\ analyses both with RASP (Bayesian and S-DIVA) and Lagrange (DEC). All analyses recovered a polyphyletic\ Notiospathius consisting of three separate clades that were more related to other doryctine genera\ than to each other. The relationships reconstructed could not be used to confidently establish the limits\ of Notiospathius with respect to its closely related genera Tarasco and Masonius, and thus the generic status\ of the latter two taxa is maintained. Our divergence time estimates and ancestral area reconstructions\ indicate that the most recent common ancestor of Notiospathius sensu stricto originated in the Caribbean\ subregion during the Oligocene\–Miocene boundary, and subsequently diversified during the mid- to late\ Miocene, radiating throughout the Neotropics.

}, keywords = {concatened analysis, Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea, parasitoid, phylogeny}, doi = {10.1016/j.ympev.2013.05.001}, author = {Ceccarelli, F.S. and A. Zaldivar-Riveron} }