title: The genus Spathius Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae) in Mexico: occurrence of a highly diverse Old World taxon in the Neotropics.
abstract: Two new species of the parasitoid wasp genus Spathius Nees (Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Mexico, S. mexicanus sp. n. and S. chamelae sp. n., are described and illustrated. These represent the second and third described species of this highly diverse Old World genus in the Neotropics, and the first described species recorded for the Mexican territory.
authors.affiliation: Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg 199034, Russia ; Museum and Institute of Zoology PAN, Wilcza 64, 00-679 Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Sergey A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Belokobylskij
authors.affiliation: Colección Nacional de Insectos, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 3er. circuito exterior s/n, Cd. Universitaria, Copilco, Coyoacán, A. P. 70-233, C. P. 04510., D. F., México.
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaldívar-Riverón
keywords: Central America; Ectoparasitoid; Ichneumonoidea; new species; taxonomy