COI DNA barcoding for molecular identification of the genus Aphidius (Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in South Korea, with diagnoses of two newly recorded species

Figure 5 from: Kim S, Tomanović Ž, Yu Y, Sohn J, Han Y, Lee G, Kim H (2021) Three new species of the genus Aphidius (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) from South Korea. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 86: 63-77. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.86.70767

“…Here, we use DNA barcoding to describe three new Aphidius species from the Korean Peninsula, an area with a poorly known aphidiine fauna that includes only 58 known species (Starý and Choi 2000;Starý et al 2001;Yu et al 2016;Choi et al 2017;Choi and Kim 2018;Hwang et al 2018;Kim et al 2020), which is not consistent with their economic and ecological importance. Aphidius longicarpus sp.…”

Figure 3 from: Kim S, Tomanović Ž, Yu Y, Sohn J, Han Y, Lee G, Kim H (2021) Three new species of the genus Aphidius (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) from South Korea. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 86: 63-77. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.86.70767

“…Here, we use DNA barcoding to describe three new Aphidius species from the Korean Peninsula, an area with a poorly known aphidiine fauna that includes only 58 known species (Starý and Choi 2000;Starý et al 2001;Yu et al 2016;Choi et al 2017;Choi and Kim 2018;Hwang et al 2018;Kim et al 2020), which is not consistent with their economic and ecological importance. Aphidius longicarpus sp.…”

“…Members of the genus Aphidius are medium-sized wasps, only 15 species of which have been recorded in South Korea (Starý and Choi 2000;Yu et al 2016;Hwang et al 2018;NIBR 2019;Kim et al 2020). Since Aphidius species such as A. colemani and A. ervi are used as imported biocontrol agents against pest aphids worldwide, especially in agriculture and horticulture (Sequeira and Mackauer 1992;Henter and Via 1995;Fernandez and Nentwig 1997;Takada 1998), it is important to explore indigenous Aphidius species and to confirm their diversity in South Korea and surrounding regions.…”

Figure 1 from: Kim S, Tomanović Ž, Yu Y, Sohn J, Han Y, Lee G, Kim H (2021) Three new species of the genus Aphidius (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) from South Korea. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 86: 63-77. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.86.70767

“…Members of the genus Aphidius are medium-sized wasps, only 15 species of which have been recorded in South Korea (Starý and Choi 2000;Yu et al 2016;Hwang et al 2018;NIBR 2019;Kim et al 2020). Since Aphidius species such as A. colemani and A. ervi are used as imported biocontrol agents against pest aphids worldwide, especially in agriculture and horticulture (Sequeira and Mackauer 1992;Henter and Via 1995;Fernandez and Nentwig 1997;Takada 1998), it is important to explore indigenous Aphidius species and to confirm their diversity in South Korea and surrounding regions.…”