A new species of the genus Separatatus Chen & Wu (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) from South Korea

Ju-Hyoeng Sohn; Cornelis van Achterberg; Sangjin Kim; Jongok Lim; Hyojoong Kim

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1097.82860

A new species of the genus Separatatus Chen & Wu (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) from South Korea

Zookeys. 2022 Apr 29:1097:209-216. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1097.82860. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Ju-Hyoeng Sohn¹, Cornelis van Achterberg², Sangjin Kim¹, Jongok Lim³, Hyojoong Kim¹

Affiliations

¹ Animal Systematics Lab., Department of Biological Science, Kunsan National University, Gunsan, 54150, Republic of Korea.
² State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
³ Key Lab of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.

Abstract

Separatatusmegagnathus sp. nov. is recorded as new to science from South Korea. Due to this record, the genus Separatatus Chen & Wu, 1994 (Braconidae: Alysiinae) is recognized for the first time from South Korea. The genus and species are described and illustrated herein plus an identification key including the Korean new species is provided. In addition, the DNA barcode region of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) has been analyzed for the new species.

Keywords: COI barcode; cyclostome; koinobiont; natural enemy; parasitoid wasp; systematics; taxonomy.

Ju-Hyoeng Sohn, Cornelis van Achterberg, Sangjin Kim, Jongok Lim, Hyojoong Kim.