New records of the genus <em>Euplectrus</em> Westwood (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from Southeast Asia, South Asia and Oceania, with description of three new species and a key

Zoya Yefremova

Authors

Zoya Yefremova The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel. E-mail: eulophids@mail.ru https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5572-2332

Keywords:

Biodiversity, Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae, Indo-Malaya, Cambodia, Malaysia, Polynesia, Thailand, Vietnam, identification key, new records, new species, parasitoids

Abstract

Twenty-two species of the genus Euplectrus are newly recorded from Southeast Asia, South Asia and Oceania, sometimes from more than one country: 18 species from Vietnam (bicolor, brevisetulosus, cinctiventris, colliosilvus, flavigaster, fuscicoxalis, indicus, koebelei, laphygmae, leucostomus, liparidis, longipetiolatus, manilae, parvulus, peduncularis n. sp., petiolatus, reticulatus, transversus); nine from Malaysia (brevisetulosus, euplexiae, fuscicoxalis, laphygmae, leucostomus, longipetiolatus, reticulatus, pahangi n. sp., selangori n. sp.); five from Papua New Guinea (brevisetulosus, ceylonensis, flavigaster, fuscicoxalis, laphygmae); two from Thailand (ceylonensis, fuscicoxalis); three from Cambodia (colliosilvus, koebelei, leucostomus); two from Taiwan (euplexiae, fuscicoxalis); and one from each of Nepal (ceylonensis), India (laphygmae), Sri Lanka (manilae), South Korea (manilae), and French Polynesia (manilae). Seven species are redescribed. An identification key to Euplectrus species from Southeast Asia is provided.

Cite as: Yefremova, Z.A. 2017. New records of the genus Euplectrus Westwood (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from Southeast Asia, South Asia and Oceania, with description of three new species and a key. Israel Journal of Entomology 47: 55–85.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.845890

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