Taxonomic contribution to the Aleiodes melanopterus (Erichson) species-group (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae) from Brazil

Abstract

Te Aleiodes melanopterus (Erichson, 1848) species-group includes 21 species, of which seven are known from the Neotropical region: A. favistigma Shaw, 1993, A. lucidus (Sze ́pligeti, 1906), A. melanopterus, A. mexicanus Cresson, 1869, A. politiceps (Gahan, 1917), and the new species A. shaworum sp. n. and A. vassununga sp. n. Distribution ranges of A. melanopterus, A. favistigma and A. lucidus are extended and the female of A. lucidus is described. A key to the Neotropical species of this species-group is presented. © E.M. Shimbori, A.M. Penteado-Dias.