Dinotrema cavernicola sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), a new species of the genus Dinotrema Foerster from caves of Spain

Toni Pérez Fernández,Sergey A Belokobylskij,Francisco Javier Peris Felipo,Kees Van Achterberg

doi:10.3897/jhr.41.8606

Abstract

Dinotrema cavernicola sp. n. was collected in two caves in Spain. This is the first Dinotrema species known to occur in caves. This new species is described and compared to D. affine (Fischer, 1973) and D. collybiae Munk & Peris-Felipo, 2014, species sharing a mid-longitudinal carina on the propodeum.

Highlights

Braconidae is the second largest family of Hymenoptera belonging to the superfam ily Ichneumonoidea and with nearly 20,000 valid species around the world (Yu et al 2012)
An arrangement of Dinotrema species in morphological groups was suggested by Fischer (1972) and later, on the basis of more diverse material, further developed by Tobias (2003, 2004a, 2006)
We describe in this paper Dinotrema cavernicola sp. n., and include it in the group of Dinotrema with a complete median longitudinal carina of the propodeum

Summary

Introduction

Braconidae is the second largest family of Hymenoptera belonging to the superfam ily Ichneumonoidea and with nearly 20,000 valid species around the world (Yu et al 2012). An arrangement of Dinotrema species in morphological groups was suggested by Fischer (1972) and later, on the basis of more diverse material, further developed by Tobias (2003, 2004a, 2006). This is the first record of a Dinotrema species collected in caves. The speleology group of Villacarrillo (Grupo de Espeleología de Villacarillo – GEV) has been conducting intensive fieldwork in caves of Jaén Province (Spain) (Fig. 1).

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