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

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, fuscicoxalisindicus, koebeleilaphygmaeleucostomusliparidis, longi­pe­tiolatusmanilaeparvulus, peduncularis n. sp., petiolatusreticulatus, trans­ver­sus); nine from Malaysia (brevisetulosuseuplexiae, fuscicoxalis, laphygmae, leu­costomuslongipetiolatus, reticulatuspahangi n. sp., selangori n. sp.); five from Papua New Guinea (brevisetulosus, ceylonensis, flavigaster, fuscicoxalis, la­phygmae); two from Thailand (ceylonensisfuscicoxalis); three from Cam­bo­dia (colliosilvus, koebeleileucostomus); 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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Female of Euplectrus brevisetulosus.

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2017-08-20

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