Pensoft Publishers, ZooKeys, (1116), p. 71-83, 2022
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1116.84593
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A new species, Euurobracon bhaskarai, Quicke sp. nov., from West Java, Indonesia, is described, illustrated and differentiated from other members of the genus. It is closely related to the type species of the genus, E. yokahamae Dalla Torre, 1898, which is known from China, India, Japan, Laos, South Korea and Thailand. Euurobracon yokahamae is redescribed and illustrated for comparative purposes. The two species are separable mainly on colouration, but differ markedly based on their mitochondrial gene sequences (cytochrome c oxidase I, cytochrome b and 16S rDNA). The slower-evolving nuclear 28S rDNA and elongation factor 1-alpha did not differentiate E. bhaskaraisp. nov. from E. yokahamae, but consistently split Euurobracon into two species groups.