Revisionary notes on the genus Aulacocentrum Brues (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Macrocentrinae) from Vietnam

Thi Nhi Pham; Khuat Dang Long; Cornelis van Achterberg; Thi Quynh Nga Cao; Van Phu Pham; Thi Hoa Dang

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1197.116092

Revisionary notes on the genus Aulacocentrum Brues (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Macrocentrinae) from Vietnam

Zookeys. 2024 Apr 3:1197:13-41. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1197.116092. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Thi Nhi Pham^{1

2}, Khuat Dang Long¹, Cornelis van Achterberg³, Thi Quynh Nga Cao¹, Van Phu Pham¹, Thi Hoa Dang¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Ecology & Biological Resources (IEBR), Vietnam Academy of Science & Technology (VAST), 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay, Ha Noi, Vietnam Institute of Ecology & Biological Resources (IEBR), Vietnam Academy of Science & Technology (VAST) Ha Noi Vietnam.
² Graduate University of Science & Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science & Technology (VAST), 18 Hoang Quoc Viet Road, Cau Giay, Ha Noi, Vietnam Graduate University of Science & Technology Ha Noi Vietnam.
³ Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Postbus 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands Naturalis Biodiversity Centre Leiden Netherlands.

Abstract

This paper contains descriptions and illustrations of five new species of the genus Aulacocentrum Brues, 1922, from Vietnam, viz. Aulacocentrumassitum Long & Pham, sp. nov.; A.glabrum Long, sp. nov.; A.imparum Long & van Achterberg, sp. nov.; A.intermedium Long & van Achterberg, sp. nov.; and A.simulatum Long, sp. nov. Additionally, Aulacocentrumseticella van Achterberg & He is newly recorded for Vietnam's braconid fauna. A checklist and a key to the Oriental and East Palaearctic Aulacocentrum species is provided and the in-country distribution of the Vietnamese species is given.

Keywords: Australasian; Eastern Palaearctic; Ichneumonoidea; Oriental; new record; new species; parasitoid.

Thi Nhi Pham, Khuat Dang Long, Cornelis van Achterberg, Thi Quynh Nga Cao, Van Phu Pham, Thi Hoa Dang.