New species of Idris Förster (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea) from southeast Asia, parasitoids of the eggs of pholcid spiders (Araneae, Pholcidae)

2018/12/31 by Norman F. Johnson, Huayan Chen, Bernhard A. Huber · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny #Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy #Fossil Insects in Amber

paper · doi:10.3897/zookeys.811.29725

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Abstract

Four new species of the genus Idris Förster (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea), reared from the eggs of pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae) in southeast Asia are described on the basis of external morphology and the barcode region of the mitochondrial COI gene. The new species and their hosts are: I.badius Johnson & Chen, sp. n. (ex Nipisaphyllicola (Deeleman-Reinhold), Panjangehamiguitan Huber), I.balteus Johnson & Chen, sp. n. (ex Panjangecamiguin Huber), I.curtus Johnson & Chen, sp. n. (ex Calapnitanunezae Huber, Panjangecamiguin Huber, Tissahamiabukittimah (Huber), Uthinaluzonica Simon), and I.fusciceps (ex Belisanakhaosok Huber).

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