elSSN : 2234-8190
elSSN : 2234-8190
elSSN : 2234-8190
A New Record of Aphid Parasitoid Wasp Ephedrus lacertosus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) from South Korea
Sangjin Kim, Yeongmo Kim, Hyojoong Kim*
Animal Systematics Lab., Department of Biological Science, Kunsan National University, Gunsan 54150, Korea
The genus Ephedrus Haliday, 1833 is a large taxon of Aphidiinae, consisting of 48 valid species in the world. This genus is considered to be important as a biological control agency, which includes solitary koinobiont parasitoids on aphids. One of its interesting characteristics is both male and female have 11-segmented antennae. In previous study, this genus was subdivided into three subgenus, Breviephedrus, Ephedrus and Fovephedrus, based on molecular and morphological characters. In this study, one Ephedrus species is firstly recorded from South Korea. Since it has been collected from Geumsan-gun in 2005 and deposited as dried specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Netherland, we recently confirmed it. Description and illustrations of the E. lacertosus are provided.
Ichneumonoidea, morphology, unrecorded species