{"title":"Taxonomic revision of the New Zealand endemic parasitoid genus Rhyssaloides Belokobylskij, 1999 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)","authors":"Sergey A Belokobylskij, Darren F Ward","doi":"10.1111/aen.12599","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>The New Zealand cyclostome braconid fauna is poorly studied but has a high diversity of Mesostoinae compared to other regions. We redescribe the endemic New Zealand genus <i>Rhyssaloides</i> Belokobylskij, 1999 and compare it to two morphologically similar New Zealand endemics, <i>Zealastoa</i> Quicke & Ward, 2020 and <i>Doryctomorpha</i> Ashmead, 1900. Two new species, <i>Rh. maculatus</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> and <i>Rh. noyesi</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, are described and illustrated. The species <i>Rhyssaloides antipoda</i> Belokobylskij, 1999, which is a parasitoid of the native cerambycid <i>Ambeodontus tristis</i> (Fabricius, 1775), is placed as a junior synonym of <i>Rhyssaloides ambeodonti</i> (Muesebeck, 1941), <b>syn. nov.</b> A key for determining the three known species is provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":8574,"journal":{"name":"Austral Entomology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1000,"publicationDate":"2022-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/aen.12599","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Austral Entomology","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aen.12599","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ENTOMOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The New Zealand cyclostome braconid fauna is poorly studied but has a high diversity of Mesostoinae compared to other regions. We redescribe the endemic New Zealand genus Rhyssaloides Belokobylskij, 1999 and compare it to two morphologically similar New Zealand endemics, Zealastoa Quicke & Ward, 2020 and Doryctomorpha Ashmead, 1900. Two new species, Rh. maculatussp. nov. and Rh. noyesisp. nov., are described and illustrated. The species Rhyssaloides antipoda Belokobylskij, 1999, which is a parasitoid of the native cerambycid Ambeodontus tristis (Fabricius, 1775), is placed as a junior synonym of Rhyssaloides ambeodonti (Muesebeck, 1941), syn. nov. A key for determining the three known species is provided.
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