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Issue: Vol. 4590 No. 1: 24 Apr. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-04-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.1.6
Page range: 153–165
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First records of the genus Spilopteron Townes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Acaenitinae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of five new species

Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam
Deparment of Life Sciences, the Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 BD, UK
Osaka Museum of Natural History, Nagai Park 1-23, Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
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Abstract

The genus Spilopteron Townes, 1960 (Ichneumonidae: Acaenitinae) is reported for the first time from Vietnam. Five of the seven reported species are described as new, comprising: S. brunneum sp. nov., S. lamdongensis sp. nov., S. nigromaculatum sp. nov., S. tamdaoensis sp. nov., and S. tumidium sp. nov. In addition, two further species, S. flaviapicus Wang & Huang, 1993, and S. fuscomaculatum Wang, 1988, are recorded for the first time from the country.

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