Description of five new species of the rare genus Buluka (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) with an updated key to the world species
Five new species of the rare genus Buluka de Saeger, 1948 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), B. buntikae Hovorka & Fernández-Triana sp. nov. (from Thailand), B. frederiquebakkerae Hovorka & Fernández-Triana sp. nov. (from Indonesia), B. janaorlikovae Hovorka & Fernández-Triana sp. nov. (from Vietnam), B. longi Hovorka & Fernández-Triana sp. nov. (from Vietnam), and B. petrjanstai Hovorka & Fernández-Triana sp. nov (from Thailand), are described in this paper. The newly described species increase the total number of species in this genus to 16 (i.e., by 45%). Additionally, Buluka achterbergi Austin, 1989 is reported from Thailand for the first time and B. straeleni de Saeger, 1948 from the Republic of the Congo for the first time. An updated key to all known species of Buluka is provided.
Authors
- Tomáš Hovorka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6887-2644)
- Caroline Boudreault (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4511-2626)
- José Fernández-Triana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0425-0309)
- Kees van Achterberg
Institutions
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center (NL)
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (CA)
- National Museum (CZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
- Published
- 2024-12-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.030
- Primary Topic
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
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