A review of the Indonesian species of the family Signiphoridae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea), with description of three new species

Stefan Schmidt; Hasmiandy Hamid; Rosichon Ubaidillah; Samantha Ward; Andrew Polaszek

doi:10.3897/zookeys.897.38148

A review of the Indonesian species of the family Signiphoridae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea), with description of three new species

Zookeys. 2019 Dec 9:897:29-47. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.897.38148. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Stefan Schmidt¹, Hasmiandy Hamid², Rosichon Ubaidillah³, Samantha Ward⁴, Andrew Polaszek⁵

Affiliations

¹ SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM), Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247 Munich, Germany Zoologische Staatssammlung München Munich Germany.
² Fakulty of Agriculture, Andalas University, Padang 25163, Sumatera, Indonesia Andalas University Padang Indonesia.
³ Zoology Division, Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense (MZB), Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jl. Raya Jakarta-Bogor KM 46, Cibinong, Bogor 16911, Java, Indonesia Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences Cibinong Indonesia.
⁴ School of Biosciences, The University of Melbourne, Bio21 Institute, 30 Flemington Road, Parkville VIC 3052, Australia The University of Melbourne Parkville Australia.
⁵ Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum London United Kingdom.

Abstract

The Indonesian species of the family Signiphoridae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) are revised. Three species of Chartocerus are described as new (Chartocerus kartiniae Polaszek & Schmidt, sp. nov., C. sumatrensis Schmidt & Polaszek, sp. nov., and C. javensis Schmidt & Ubaidillah, sp. nov.) and four species of Signiphora, viz., S. bennetti Woolley & Dal Molin, S. flavella Girault, S. perpauca Girault and S. bifasciata Ashmead, are diagnosed.

Keywords: chalcid wasps; hyperparasitoids; parasitoids; south-east Asia; taxonomy.

Stefan Schmidt, Hasmiandy Hamid, Rosichon Ubaidillah, Samantha Ward, Andrew Polaszek.