Heratemis walker (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae: Alysiini): Revision and reconstruction of the phylogeny combining molecular data and morphology

Abstract

Fourteen new species of the genus Heratemis Walker, 1860 are described and illustrated: H. innodulosa van Achterberg, sp. n. and H. dauluensis van Achterberg, sp. n. from Sulawesi, H. devriesi van Achterberg & Yaakop, sp. n. from Vietnam, Taiwan (China) and West Malaysia, H. fuscicoxa van Achterberg, sp. n. from Indonesia (Papua), H. malayensis Yaakop & van Achterberg, sp. n. from West Malaysia (Pahang, Johor) and East Malaysia (Sabah), H. maculifera van Achterberg, sp. n. from Uganda, H. maiphuquyi van Achterberg, sp. n. from Vietnam, H. mellisternum van Achterberg, sp. n. from Uganda and Kenya, H. nigristernum van Achterberg, sp. n. from Uganda, H. pahangensis Yaakop & van Achterberg, sp. n. from West Malaysia (Pahang), H. pseudofilosa van Achterberg, sp. n. from Java (Indonesia), H. scrobifera van Achterberg, sp. n. from South Africa, H. solomonensis van Achterberg, sp. n. from Solomon Islands and H. sulafilosa van Achterberg, sp. n. from Sula Islands (Indonesia). In addition, the type species of Conalysia Papp, 1969, viz. Heratemis laticeps (Papp, 1969), is fully illustrated. The phylogeny is discussed, combining morphological and molecular data of 28S, 16S, COI and ND1 for those species from which recently collected material was available. Kritscherysia Fischer, 1993, is a new synonym of Heratemis Walker, 1860, and is treated as a subgenus. Heratemis seyrigi (Granger, 1949), H. longimembrum (Fischer, 1993), H. nepalicola (Fischer, 2006) and Gnathopleura muelleri (Schulz, 1912) are new combinations. Hoplitalysia Ashmead, 1900, and Hoplitalysia slossonae Ashmead, 1900, are excluded. A key to the species of the genus Heratemis Walker is added.