Ophiclypeus, a new genus of Cardiochilinae Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from the Oriental region with descriptions of three new species

Ilgoo Kang; Mostafa Ghafouri Moghaddam; Michael J Sharkey; Donald L J Quicke; Buntika A Butcher; Christopher E Carlton

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1180.100106

Ophiclypeus, a new genus of Cardiochilinae Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from the Oriental region with descriptions of three new species

Zookeys. 2023 Sep 15:1180:67-79. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1180.100106. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Ilgoo Kang^{1

2}, Mostafa Ghafouri Moghaddam³, Michael J Sharkey⁴, Donald L J Quicke³, Buntika A Butcher³, Christopher E Carlton¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, 404 Life Sciences Building, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803 USA Louisiana State University Agricultural Center Baton Rouge United States of America.
² Department of Entomology, College of Ecology and Environmental Science, Kyungpook National University, Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 37224, South Korea Kyungpook National University Sangju Republic of Korea.
³ Integrative Ecology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand Chulalongkorn University Bangkok Thailand.
⁴ The Hymenoptera Institute, 41482 Alder Drive, Forest Falls, CA, 92339, USA The Hymenoptera Institute Forest Falls United States of America.

Abstract

A new genus of the braconid subfamily Cardiochilinae, Ophiclypeusgen. nov., is described and illustrated based on three new species: O.chiangmaiensis Kang, sp. nov. type species (type locality: Chiang Mai, Thailand), O.dvaravati Ghafouri Moghaddam, Quicke & Butcher, sp. nov. (type locality: Saraburi, Thailand), and O.junyani Kang, sp. nov. (type locality: Dalin, Taiwan). We provide morphological diagnostic characters to separate the new genus from other cardiochiline genera. A modified key couplet (couplet 5) and a new key couplet (couplet 16) are provided with detailed images for Dangerfield's key to the world cardiochiline genera to facilitate recognition of Ophiclypeusgen. nov.

Keywords: Ichneumonoidea; microgastroid complex; old world; parasitoid wasp; taxonomy.

Ilgoo Kang, Mostafa Ghafouri Moghaddam, Michael J. Sharkey, Donald L. J. Quicke, Buntika A. Butcher, Christopher E. Carlton.