A revision of Thai Agathidinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with descriptions of six new species
Author
Sharkey, Michael J.
Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, S 225 Agricultural Science Center North, Lexington, KY 40546 - 0091, USA
Author
Clutts, Stephanie A.
Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, S 225 Agricultural Science Center North, Lexington, KY 40546 - 0091, USA
text
Journal of Hymenoptera Research
2011
2011-09-28
22
69
132
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1299
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.22.1299
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Lytopylus ebulus (Nixon)
stat. n.
Fig. 52
Agathis ebula
Nixon 1950
. [BMNH, type examined]
Lytopylus romani
by
Sharkey (1998)
. [Previous synonym]
Agathis burmensis
Bhat & Gupta, 1977. syn. n.
Diagnosis.
The orange pro- and mesothorax combined with milky white mid and hind basitarsomeres distinguish this species.
.
Figure 52.
Lytopylus ebulus
a
lateral habitus
b
fore wing.
Notes.
Here we synonymize
Agathis burmensis
Bhat and Gupta (1997). It differs from the holotype of
Lytopylus ebulus
only in minor color variation and the degree of sculpture on metasomal tergum three, which is somewhat reduced in
Agathis burmensis
.
Distribution.
Examined specimens are from India, Taiwan, Burma, and Thailand. The pale specimen figured in van Achterberg and Long (2010, Fig. 217) identified as
Lytopylus romani
appears to be a representative of this species. Distribution map of the Thai specimens which are deposited in QSBG can be found on http://purl.org/thaimaps/ebulus.