Two new Eastern North American species of the Aleiodes coxalis (Spinola) species­group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Rogadinae) reared from Geometridae Author Shaw, Scott R. Author Marsh, Paul M. text Zootaxa 2004 656 1 10 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.158795 429ddcec-50e8-4bac-b407-7d4eb2ab7ddf 1175­5326 158795 F9AB6A4B-02FF-4C6A-895E-809341EC5E57 Aleiodes coxalis species­group Included Species .— coxalis (Spinola) 1808 , new combination , Europe; bicolor (Spinola) 1808 , Europe; signatus (Nees) 1812 , new combination , Europe; alternator (Nees) 1834 , Europe; tristis Wesmael 1838 , Europe; aciculatus Cresson 1869 , North America ; sanctihyacinthi ( Provancher) 1880 , new combination , North America , introduced into Europe; arcticus (Thomson) 1891 , Europe; incertus (Kokoujev) 1898 , new combination , Eastern Europe; jakolewi (Kokoujev) 1898, new combination , Eastern Europe; coxator (Telenga) 1941 , new combinatio n, Eastern Europe; incertoides (Telenga) 1941 , new combination , Siberia; satanus (Telenga) 1941, new combination , Mongolia ; nunbergi (Noskiewicz) 1956 , new combination , Europe; negativus (Tobias) 1961 , new combination, Eastern Europe; hellenicus (Papp) 1985 , new combination , Europe; moldavicus (Tobias) 1986 , new combination, Eastern Europe; itamevorus new species ; and maritimus new species . Diagnostic Characters .— Hind wing vein RS sinuate, marginal cell narrowest in middle; ocelli small, diameter of lateral ocellus less than ocell­ocular distance; vertex usually transversely rugose; fourth metasomal tergum usually sculptured, metasomal terga 1–4 sometimes partially carapace­like. Comments .—The species in this group all have the fourth metasomal tergum with sculpturing, a few with this part coriaceous but most with it rugose or costate at least on basal half. In a few cases the first four terga are carapace­like as in the genus Tetrasphaeropyx Ashmead. These species are morphologically intermediate in this trait between Aleiodes and Tetrasphaeropyx , suggesting that the latter genus should be synonymized with Aleiodes .