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Papp, J.: Seven new species of Aspilota Foerster from the Palaearctic Region (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Alysiinae)

ANNALES HISTORICO-NATURALES MUSEI NATIONALIS HUNGARICI Volume 100 Budapest, 2008 pp. 245-269. Seven new species of Aspilota Foerster from the Palaearctic Region (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Alysiinae) J. PAPP Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum H-1088 Budapest, Baross utca 13, Hungary Abstract -The genera Aspilota FOERSTER, 1862 and Dinotrema FOERSTER, 1862 are distinguished. Seven new Aspilota species are described: A. digitula sp. n. (Hungary), A. imparsp. n. (Hungary), A. makita sp. n. (Hungary, Romania),^, oroszi sp. n. (Asiatic Russia), A. pitralon sp. n. (Spain), A. tuberula sp. n. (Hungary) andvL vodara sp. n. (Hungary). With 108 figures. Keywords - Aspilota, Dinotrema, new species, description. INTRODUCTION The genera Aspilota and Dinotrema were set up by FOERSTER (1862). The latter genus was monotypic and based on Dinotrema erytbropa FOERSTER, 1862. The species and generic differentiation of Dinotrema erytbropa rest on the unusually large pair of spiracles of propodeum. The genus Aspilota, together with further six genera described by FOERSTER, was separated by the small, or normal, size of the propodeal spiracles (FOERSTER 1862: 268-269). Since FOERSTER's activity the high number of Aspilota species has led to the recognition of the true distinction of the genera Aspilota and Dinotrema (WHARTON 1985, VAN ACHTERBERG 1988): Aspilota-. tentorial (or paraclypeal) pit between clypeus and compound eye is large, i.e. pit touching the margin of the eye (cf. Figs 6-8 in WHARTON 1985: 229). Malar suture, if present, short and sub vertical (cf. Figs 38 and 47 in VAN ACHTERBERG 1988: 68-69). Mesoscutal dimple mostly absent.