Taxonomic contribution to the Aleiodes melanopterus (Erichson) species-group (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae) from Brazil by Eduardo Mitio Shimbori, Angélica Maria Penteado-Dias.
The Aleiodes melanopterus (Erichson, 1848) species-group includes 21 species, of which seven are known from the Neotropical region: flavistigma Shaw, 1993, lucidus (Szépligeti, 1906), melanopterus, mexicanus Cresson, 1869, politiceps (Gahan, 1917), and new species shaworumsp. n. vassunungasp. Distribution ranges Aleoides extended female is described. A key to this presented.