@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 {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 {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} }