Search

This is the most complete list of Aleiodes species of the subfamily Rogadinae from Vietnam, and of the total seventy five species of this genus reported, sixty three species of the subgenus Aleiodes, five of Arcaleiodes, three of Chelonorhogas, and four species of the genus Heterogamus. There are thirty species newly recorded from the Rogadinae fauna of Vietnam. The information on valid names, the published papers of the first record of Aleiodes species in Vietnam and the distribution of Aleiodes species were also provided. Additionally, there are three species listed with information about their hosts, being agricultural pests controlled to some degree by these parasitoids.

Dicamptus isshikii Uchida, 1928 is recorded for the first time from Vietnam on the basis of specimens collected from Bat Xat Nature Reserve, Lao Cai province, Northwest Vietnam. A checklist of the Dicamptus species of Vietnam is presented with detailed records on the distribution range of each species. A key to the Vietnamese species of the genus Dicamptus is also provided.

A list of 23 species belonging to 15 genera of subfamily Cetoniinae is reported from Phia Oac-Phia Den National Park, Cao Bang Province. Of which, eight genera and eleven species are recorded for the first time from this National Park. In addition, the global and domestic distributions of all recognized species are given.

The relatively small genus Colastomion Baker, 1917 is newly recorded for Vietnam’s braconid fauna and six new species are described and fully illustrated, viz. Colastomion asperum Long, sp. n; Colastomion cephonodes Long & PVLam, sp. n.; Colastomion citrum Long, sp. n.; Colastomion neuterum Long, sp. n.; Colastomion nigroconfusum Long & Pham, sp. n. and Colastomion vietnamenese Long, sp. n. Based on both females and males, a key to the new species from Vietnam is given. Diagnostic characters of the new species are also analyzed and compared with other Colastomion species from the Oriental region. Additionally, the first host record for the new species, C. cephonodes sp. n., is provided as this new species is reared from caterpillars of the coffee hawkmoth, Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, 1771).

The genus Leptophion is recorded for the first time from Vietnam, including new records of three species, viz. L. giganteus Shimizu & Watanabe, L. maculipennis (Cameron) and L. radiatus (Uchida), for the country. The comparative morphological and pictorial characters of Vietnamese specimens were given. In addition, variations and in-country distribution of newly recorded species were also provided.

Two species of the genus Acropimpla, viz. A. bicarinata (Cameron) and A. uchidai (Cushman), are recorded for the first time from Vietnam. An updated, illustrated key to all eight Vietnamese species of Acropimpla is provided.

Based on the material collected from the field surveys in 2017–2018, we report the first list of lepidopteran insects from the Trang An Landscape Complex, Ninh Binh Province. A total of 167 species including 62 butterflies and 105 moths have been recorded, in that two species, Celerena signata Warren, 1898 and Nygmia plana (Walker, 1856) are recorded for the first time from Vietnam.

Six new species of three small genera of the subfamily Rogadinae: Cystomastacoides van Achterberg, 1997; Gyroneuron Kokujev, 1901 and Rogasodes Chen & He, 1997, viz. Cystomastacoides contrastus Long, sp. n.; Cystomastacoides similis Long, sp. n.; Gyroneuron asperatum Long, sp. n.; Gyroneuron bicoloratum Long, sp. n.; Gyroneuron glabrum Long, sp. n. and Rogasodes phongi Long & Hoa, sp. n.; and three new species of the subgenus Arcaleiodes Chen & He, 1997 from Vietnam, namely: Aleiodes (Arcaleiodes) hoanglienensis Long, sp. n., Aleiodes (Arcaleiodes) sapa Long, sp. n. and Aleiodes (Arcaleiodes) simulatus Long, sp. n. are described. Additionally, two genera: Cystomastacoides van Achterberg and Rogasodes Chen & He, and two species: Aleiodes (Arcaleiodes) sinamensis Quicke & Butcher and Cystomastacoides coxalis Chen & He are newly recorded for Vietnam’s braconid fauna. Illustrated keys to species of the genera Cystomastacoides, Gyroneuron and subgenus Arcaleiodes from Vietnam are given. The checklist and distribution of the already known species of the genera are also provided. Citation: Long KD, Hiep ND, Hoa DT, Nhi PT, 2018. New records of rare genera of the subfamily Doryctinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), with description of nine new species from Vietnam. Academia Journal of Biology, 40(3): xxx-xxx. https://doi.org/ *Corresponding author: khuatdanglong@gmail.com