Pararhabdepyris Gorbatovskii (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), new to Korea and the first host record of Allobethylus Kieffer

Abstract

Pararhabdepyris Gorbatovskii (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) is newly recognized from South Korea. The genus can be easily recognized from other genera in Scleroderminae by having the head wider than it is long, the antenna with 10 flagellomeres, the clypeus with short projected median lobe, and the metasomal tergite II longer than the combined length of remained tergites. Description and illustrations of diagnostic characteristics of Pararhabdepyris paradoxus Gorbatovskii are provided. In addition, the present paper provides the first host record of Allobethylus Kieffer of Scleroderminae from the world. A revised key to genera and species of South Korean Scleroderminae is also presented.

Keywords

• Bethylidae
• Distribution extension
• Host
• East Asia
• Scleroderminae