Three New Species Of Aulacidae (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea) With Additional Records From Thailand And Laos
Author
Turrisi, Giuseppe Fabrizio
Author
Smith, David R.
text
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington
2020
2020-02-29
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journal article
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Pristaulacus nigripes
Kieffer, 1911
Material examined.—
Thailand
:
1♀
,
Chayaphum
,
Pa Hin Ngam NP
,
Nature
trail at
Lan Hin Nor
, 15
°
37.615
̍
N, 101
°
23.436
̍
E,
668 m
,
15-21.iii.2007
,
Katae Sa-nog
&
BuakawAdnafai
leg.,
T2331
(QSBG)
;
1♀
,
Phetchabun
,
Khao Kho NP
,
Deciduous forest
at
Ta Pol river
, 16
°
32.561
̍
N, 101
°
2.479
̍
E,
242 m
,
26.v- 2.vi.2007
,
Somchai Chachumnan
&
Saink Singtong
leg.,
T2557
(QSBG)
;
1♀
,
Nakhon Nayok
,
Khao Yai NP
,
Lam Takong
view point 14
°
25.565
̍
N, 1012
°
23.442
̍
E,
726 m
,
12-19.x.2006
,
Wirat Sook-khobleg.
,
T743
(QSBG)
.
Remarks.—Recorded from
Thailand
(
Visitpanich 1994
), also known from northeastern
India
:
Sikkim
(
Kieffer 1911
;
Turner 1922
;
Smith 2001
).
Pristaulacus rufobalteatus
Cameron, 1907
Material examined.—
1♀
,
Thailand
,
Loei Province
, Phu Ruea NP, Nature trail, 17
°
30.74’N, 101
°
20,65’E,
1353 m
,
19-26.iii.2007
, Patikhom Tumtip leg.,
T
2311 (QSBG).
Remarks.—New record from
Thailand
. Previously known from northeastern
India
:
Sikkim
and
Assam
(
Kieffer 1911
,
1912
;
Smith 2001
).
CONCLUSION
The Oriental fauna of
Aulacidae
appears to be poorly investigated although very rich in species (
Turrisi 2017
). As highlighted by Turrisi (2013) and Smith (2017),
Aulacus
is poor in species in the Oriental Region and very rarely collected. The recent investigations, containing descriptions of many new species (see introduction) show a consistent number coming especially from
Laos
,
Vietnam
, and
Laos
. A significant contribution to improve the aulacid material from poorly investigated and rich-species areas has been done by Oberosterreichisches Museum, Linz (
Austria
), and by the Thai Inventory, the former especially in
Laos
(Turrisi, unpub.), the latter in
Thailand
. With regard to
Thailand
, the aulacid fauna currently includes only eight species, most of them being only recently described (
Smith 2001
, Turrisi and Smith 2011, Turrisi and Watanabe 2011, Turrisi and Nobile 2016).
Visitpanich (1994)
recorded an undetermined
Pristaulacus
species reared from Coffee stems together with the host
Xylotrechus quadripes
Chevrolat
(
Coleoptera
,
Cerambycidae
). According to the data from literature and the new species and records in this paper, the aulacid fauna of
Thailand
includes 14 species, and an additional undetermined
Pristaulacus
(
Table 1
).