Ophiclypeus , a new genus of Cardiochilinae Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from the Oriental region with descriptions of three new species.
Ilgoo KangMostafa Ghafouri MoghaddamMichael J SharkeyDonald L J QuickeBuntika A ButcherChristopher E CarltonPublished in: ZooKeys (2023)
A new genus of the braconid subfamily Cardiochilinae, Ophiclypeus gen. nov. , is described and illustrated based on three new species: O.chiangmaiensis Kang, sp. nov. type species (type locality: Chiang Mai, Thailand), O.dvaravati Ghafouri Moghaddam, Quicke & Butcher, sp. nov. (type locality: Saraburi, Thailand), and O.junyani Kang, sp. nov. (type locality: Dalin, Taiwan). We provide morphological diagnostic characters to separate the new genus from other cardiochiline genera. A modified key couplet (couplet 5) and a new key couplet (couplet 16) are provided with detailed images for Dangerfield's key to the world cardiochiline genera to facilitate recognition of Ophiclypeus gen. nov.