Five new Palaearctic species of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae) and two new synonymies

ABSTRACT

The following five species are described as new to science: Inostemma muelleri sp. n., Metaclisis iranica sp. n., Platygaster curvistriata sp. n., Platygaster nepalica sp. n. and Prosynopeas antoni sp. n. The type material of Metaclisis ocalea (Walker) is described, and M. ocalea (Walker) and M. montagnei Maneval are synonymised with M. areolata (Haliday).

KEYWORDS:

• Hymenoptera
• Platygastrinae
• Palaearctic
• new species
• synonymies

Acknowledgements

I thank Matthias Hartmann (Naturkundemuseum Erfurt) and Paolo Viscardi (National Museum of Ireland) for loan of material.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.