title: First record of the genus Acropimpla Townes, 1960 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from Thailand, with descriptions of three new species.
abstract: Nine species of Acropimpla Townes, 1960 are recorded from Thailand with three species described as new: A. leoni sp.n., A. natae sp.n., A. patellalutea sp.n. Six species, A. aspera Gupta & Tikar, 1976, A. hapaliae (Rao, 1953), A. leucostoma (Cameron, 1907), A. nakula Gupta & Tikar, 1976, A. taishunensis Liu, He & Chen, 2010, and A. uchidai (Cushman, 1933) are recorded from Thailand for the first time. A key to the females of Acropimpla species in South East Asia is also provided.
authors.affiliation: Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine.; Email: Sancho.Varga@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Oleksandr
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Varga
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, 104 05 Stockholm, Sweden.; Email: alexey.reshchikov@nrm.se.
authors.forename: Alexey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reshchikov
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D013785:Thailand; D014863:Wasps / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development