A revision of the New World species of theAleiodes compressorspecies group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae)

Abstract

Species of theAleiodes compressor(Herrich-Schaeffer) species group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) from the New World are revised. Two new species are described (Aleiodes mantiqueirensisnew speciesandAleiodes marinoniinew species) and geographical range of the species group is extended into the Neotropical Region. Both new species are known only from the type locality in Brazil. Including the current descriptions, there are six species within theAleiodes compressorspecies group, four of them from the New World. Some new diagnostic characters for the group are proposed such as the relative length of antenna and the shape of ovipositor sheaths. The males of this group are difficult to distinguish from males of theAleiodes gastritor-circumscriptusspecies group because most diagnostic features are found only in females.

A revision of the Aleiodes bakeri (Brues) species subgroup of the A. seriatus species group with the descriptions of 18 new species from the Neotropical Region

“…Morphological terminology for descriptions follows that of Sharkey and Wharton (1997), S.R. Shaw et al (1997), Shimbori et al (2015Shimbori et al ( , 2016, and Garro et al (2017). Microsculpture terminology follows that of Harris (1979).…”

Four new species of the Aleiodes compressor Herrich-Schäffer species-group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) from South America

“…Wing vein terminology follows the system adopted by . Figures in this paper that are followed by the letter 'S' refer to those in Shimbori et al (2015).…”

“…Since the last publication on neotropical Aleiodes (Shimbori et al 2016), there are 102 species described for this Region, still being somewhat less than the 143 species known from Nearctic Region (Yu et al 2012, Shimbori et al 2015. The subdivision of this highly diverse genus into 18 different species-groups (Shaw et al 1997, Fortier & Shaw 1999, and the subsequent series of taxonomic revisions for most of these groups from Nearctic Region (Shaw et al 1997, 1998a, 1998b, 2006, 2013, Marsh & Shaw 1998, 2001, 2003, Fortier 2009), provided a practical framework for taxonomy research on these insects.…”

“…Some species are known to attack concealed or semi-concealed lepidopteran hosts such as geometrid and notodontid (Shaw 1994;Marsh & Shaw 2003); however, biology of neotropical species is unknown. Here we present descriptions of four new neotropical species and an extended key to species of the compressor species-group modified from Shimbori et al (2015).…”

“…The subdivision of this highly diverse genus into 18 different species-groups (Shaw et al 1997, Fortier & Shaw 1999, and the subsequent series of taxonomic revisions for most of these groups from Nearctic Region (Shaw et al 1997, 1998a, 1998b, 2006, 2013, Marsh & Shaw 1998, 2001, 2003, Fortier 2009), provided a practical framework for taxonomy research on these insects. Despite the necessity of revising the limits and evolutionary relations of some groups (Townsend & Shaw 2009, Zaldivar-Riverón et al 2008), this framework is still important, especially for highly diverse and poorly known neotropical fauna, as exemplified by the recent revision of the compressor species-group (Shimbori et al 2015), and another works on neotropical Aleiodes (Townsend & Shaw 2009, Shimbori & Pentado-Dias 2011, Shimbori & Shaw 2014, Shimbori et al 2016). …”