First record of the subfamily Oxytorinae (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from the Oriental Region, with descriptions of two new species from Vietnam

Abstract

The Oxytorinae is a small subfamily of the family Ichneumonidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) with the single genus Oxytorus Förster and 23 described species. Species were previously known to occur in the Palaearctic, Nearctic and Neotropical regions.The ichneumonid subfamily Oxytorinae is recorded for the first time from the Oriental region. Two species, one from northern and one from central Vietnam, are described as new: Oxytorus carinatus Riedel, sp. n. and O. rufopropodealis Riedel, sp. n.

Keywords

• South-east Asia
• biodiversity
• new species
• capaci