@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 {1890, title = {Preembobracon gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae: Ypsistocerini: Embobraconina) from Brazil}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4000}, year = {2015}, pages = {275-280}, abstract = {

Preembobracon zaldivarriveroni gen et sp. nov. from Brazil is described and illustrated. It belongs to the\ poorly known tribe Ypsistocerini for which biology, is only partly known and then only for the genera of nominal\ subtribe which are both associated with termite colonies. Preembobracon displays both derived and plesiomorphic\ character states relative to Embobracon the only other genus of its tribe, and its position in relation to the other genera\ discussed. Its biology is unknown.

}, keywords = {Doryctinae, morphology, new genus, new species, Preembobracon, termitophily, Ypsistocerini}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4000.2.5}, author = {D.L.J. Quicke and B.A. Butcher} }