Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species Author Kang, Ilgoo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8501-1758 Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, 404 Life Sciences Building, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803 USA ikang1@lsu.edu text ZooKeys 2022 2022-04-04 1092 47 62 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560 1313-2970-1092-47 5D61CD92C4DA46F7A048ECA22E663F33 9A65E5C3830E51ECB02EFD847F833EB9 Retusigaster dignus (Mao, 1949) Fig. 1 Material examined. Non-type specimen USA : 1♀ ; Pearsall , Texas . 30.ix.1936 . Deposited in TAMU . Diagnosis. Retusigaster dignus can be distinguished from other members of Retusigaster by having longer body length (~ 7.5mm); fore wing apically infuscate with pale stigma (Key Image 5A); basal spur on hind tibia 0.67 x longer than length of basitarsus; T1 pale; T2 mostly pale, medially and submedially dark (Fig. 1 ). Figure 1. Dorsal habitus of Retusigaster dignus . Description. See Mao (1949) . Male. Unknown. Biology. Unknown. Distribution. Nearctic region (USA).