Three new species of Sesioctonus Viereck (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) from Peru

Abstract

Three new species of Sesioctonus (Braconidae: Agathidinae) are described and illustrated, i.e., Sesioctonus huggerti, Sesioctonus wayquecha, and Sesioctonus bina. Two new Peruvian species records for Sesioctonus are reported: Sesioctonus longinoi and Sesioctonus diazi. A revised key to all known species of Sesioctonus is presented.

A new species of Sesioctonus Viereck (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) from Peru

“…The majority of Sesioctonus species were collected between 100m and 2800 m above sea level, but S. philipi Sharkey and Briceño 2005 was collected at 3350 m. The material used in this study comes from collections between 4000 -4500m above sea level, representing the highest elevation records of the genus. Here I present the description of a new Andean species, and an extended key to Sesioctonus species of the world, modified from Sulca and Sharkey (2012).…”