A checklist of the family Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) from Vietnam

Abstract

ABSTRACT:The ichneumonid fauna of Vietnam has been studied since the early 20 th century, but records of this large insect group were published in scattered papers. In this paper ichneumonid wasps from Vietnam are reviewed and a checklist of published species with local and world distribution is provided. Up to now, 246 ichneumonid species in 87 genera of 18 subfamilies have been recorded from Vietnam. Of this number, one genus and no fewer than 70 species were described on the basis of material collected from Vietnam. In the checklist, valid names, first citation, holotype deposition and synonyms that used previously in Vietnam are provided. In addition, ten species are recorded for the first time from Vietnam, viz. Acerataspis clavata (Uchida, 1934) (Cameron, 1897). Specimens of the aforementioned ten species are currently deposited at Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (IEBR), Ha Noi, Vietnam. Additionally, host information is available for 25 species that are parasitoids of agricultural pests. This paper provides useful information for further studies on one of the largest hymenopteran families of Vietnam.