Four new species of the genus Cratospila Foerster (Hymenopter, Braconidae, Alysiinae) from South Korea

JuHyeong Sohn; Cornelis van Achterberg; Yun Jong Han; Hyojoong Kim

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1022.62562

Four new species of the genus Cratospila Foerster (Hymenopter, Braconidae, Alysiinae) from South Korea

Zookeys. 2021 Mar 8:1022:51-64. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1022.62562. eCollection 2021.

Authors

JuHyeong Sohn¹, Cornelis van Achterberg², Yun Jong Han¹, Hyojoong Kim¹

Affiliations

¹ Animal Systematics Lab., Department of Biology, Kunsan National University, Gunsan, 54150, South Korea Kunsan National University Gunsan South Korea.
² State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture / Key Lab of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China Zhejiang University Hangzhou China.

Abstract

The species of the genus Cratospila Foerster, 1863 (Braconidae, Alysiinae) from South Korea are revised, and the genus is recorded for the first time from South Korea. All four species are new to science, and Cratospila albifera sp. nov., C. ejuncida sp. nov., C. luteocephala sp. nov., and C. syntoma sp. nov. are described and illustrated herein. In addition, COI has been sequenced of three species. A key to the Korean species is provided.

Keywords: Alysiini; Hymenoptera; COI; new record; new species; taxonomy.

JuHyeong Sohn, Cornelis van Achterberg, Yun Jong Han, Hyojoong Kim.