@article {1930, title = {Revision of the endemic New Zealand braconid wasp genus Metaspathius: new subfamily placement, and descriptions of four new species including three with fully winged females (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Mesostoinae)}, year = {2019}, abstract = {

The endemic New Zealand cyclostome braconid wasp genus Metaspathius\ Brues, which was previously only known from a single specimen, an\ apterous female, is revised. Four new species, including three with fully\ winged females, are described and illustrated: Metaspathius chathamicus\ Ward, sp. nov.; M. hemipterus Belokobylskij, sp. nov.; M. kuscheli Ward \&\ Belokobylskij, sp. nov.; and M. sharkeyi Quicke \& Butcher, sp. nov.\ Metaspathius apterus Brues is illustrated. The first host record for the\ genus is provided: Metaspathius kuscheli sp. nov. is recorded as a larval\ parasitoid of the New Zealand endemic weevil Phrynixus astutus Pascoe,\ 1876 (Curculionidae). DNA sequence data (CO1 and 28S) for two of the\ species are included in an analysis of a broad range of cyclostome\ Braconidae with emphasis on basal taxa. The results show that\ Metaspathius belongs to a clade restricted to New Zealand within the\ heterogeneous basal subfamily Mesostoinae van Achterberg, 1975. A\ revised morphological diagnosis of the Mesostoinae is presented in the\ light of the discovery that Metaspathius is a member. The relationships\ of the Maxfischeriinae are discussed in the light of molecular findings.

}, keywords = {apterous, Braconidae, Chatham Islands, endemic, key, Phrynixus, phylogeny}, doi = {10.1080/00779962.2018.1551707}, url = {http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:512AD512-5F2A-44C8- 9951-AD739995C10C}, author = {D.L.J. Quicke and S.A. Belokobylskij and D.F. Ward and P.D.N. Herbert and B.A. Butcher} } @article {1920, title = {Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical species of the braconid wasp genus Pedinotus Sz{\'e}pligeti, 1902 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4327}, year = {2017}, pages = {1-102}, abstract = {

A revision of the Neotropical species of the braconid wasp genus Pedinotus Sz\épligeti and molecular characterization of some species based on the COI mitochondrial DNA gene are provided. Twenty four new species are described: P. avispas\ sp. nov., P. bororo sp. nov., P. botocudo sp. nov., P. brunniventris sp. nov., P. cerdai sp. nov., P. daedalus sp. nov., P. dispar sp. nov., P. dominica sp. nov., P. elongatus sp. nov., P. glabroscutum sp. nov., P. guyanensis sp. nov., P. haliti sp. nov., P. intermedius sp. nov., P. maracas sp. nov., P. nigriceps sp. nov., P. nitidus sp. nov., P. nolli sp. nov., P. peruanus\ sp. nov., P. plaumanni sp. nov., P. propodealis sp. nov., P. rondoni sp. nov., P. subtristis sp. nov., P. szepligetii sp. nov., and P. trinidad sp. nov. Moreover, P .brasiliensis Sz\épligeti, 1902, P. columbianus Enderlein, 1912, P. ferrugineus (Enderlein, 1920), P. niger Marsh 2002, P. pardalotus Marsh 2002, P. rojasi Marsh 2002, P. tundisii Felix \& Penteado-Dias, 2004 and P. variegatus Marsh 2002 are redescribed. The following new synonyms are proposed: Lamquetia Braet, Barbalho \& Achterberg, 2003 under Pedinotus Sz\épligeti, 1902 (syn. nov.); L. marshi Braet \& Barbalho, 2003 and P. fasciatus Castro, Nunes \& Penteado-Dias, 2010 under P. pardalotus Marsh, 2003 (syn. nov.). The following new combination is suggested: P. rufus (Braet \& van Achterberg, 2003), comb. nov. (from Lamquetia rufa). A key to the Neotropical species of Pedinotus is provided.

}, keywords = {description, DNA barcoding, key, new species, new synonym, parasitoid, phylogeny, taxonomy}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4327.1.1}, url = {http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:11217888-B031-457C-ABF5-F32FD494BB87}, author = {S.A. Belokobylskij and C.S. De Castro and E. M. Shimbori and A. Zaldivar-Riveron and A.M. Penteado-Dias and Y. Braet} } @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} }