A new brachypterous species of Heterospilus Haliday (Braconidae, Doryctinae) from the Neotropical Region

Abstract

A new species, Heterospilus michaeli Kula, from the Neotropical Region is described and di"erentiated from all other New World species of Doryctinae with brachypterous or apterous individuals. It is the #rst species of Heterospilus Haliday in the Neotropical Region known to exhibit brachyptery and the fourth described brachypterous species of Heterospilus worldwide. Errors and omissions in a recently published article on brachypterous and apterous doryctines in the New World are corrected