taxonID	type	description	language	source
C5E969183AD650EFA2C7F34AE05BA254.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Paratypes Mexico • 2 ♀; Xmatkuil, Merida, Yucatan; 25 - 28. v. 1996; Wharton & Leon; Malaise Trap. Deposited in TAMU.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
C5E969183AD650EFA2C7F34AE05BA254.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Members of Retusigaster albopilosus can be recognized by the combination of the following characters: body 3.5 - 5.5 mm; fore wing entirely infuscate with dark stigma; fore tibia pale; mid and hind femur entirely dark; T 2 entirely dark.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
C5E969183AD650EFA2C7F34AE05BA254.taxon	description	Description. See Mercado and Wharton (2003). Male. See Mercado and Wharton (2003).	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
C5E969183AD650EFA2C7F34AE05BA254.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. Unknown.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
C5E969183AD650EFA2C7F34AE05BA254.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Neotropical region (Mexico).	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
B1E7AEEF8B6D5D66A0199C253C3CE52D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Non-type specimens USA: 1 ♀; Lexington, Massachusetts; 8. ix. 1963; H. E. Evans. Deposited in MCZ. 1 ♀; only collected location was labelled (Chicago). Deposited in MCZ. 1 ♀; only collected month was labelled (July). Identified as Cardiochiles abdominalis Cresson by a previous examiner. Deposited in MCZ. 1 ♀; near Rio Frio, Garner State Park, Uvalde Co.; 21. vii. 1986; 1400 '; Wooley & Zolnerowich. Deposited in TAMU. 1 ♀; Brazos County, Texas; 25. vi. 1937; J. E. Gillaspy. Deposited in TAMU.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
B1E7AEEF8B6D5D66A0199C253C3CE52D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Retusigaster arugosus is nearly identical to R. pullus. The members of both species possess dark head and metasoma with pale metasoma. As Mao (1949) mentioned, R. arugosus is distinguished from R. pullus by having basally hyaline and apically infuscate wings (Key image 4 A). Body ~ 5.5 mm.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
B1E7AEEF8B6D5D66A0199C253C3CE52D.taxon	description	Description. See Mao (1949). Male. Unknown.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
B1E7AEEF8B6D5D66A0199C253C3CE52D.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology (potential food source). Cotton (Gossypium sp.; Malvaceae; recorded on the label of one specimen collected in Brazos County, Texas).	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
B1E7AEEF8B6D5D66A0199C253C3CE52D.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Nearctic region (Canada, USA).	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
226B65F95ECC5F6EB6A9E913AA92B2A4.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Non-type specimens USA: 1 ♀; Saugus, Los Angeles, California; 18. viii. 1917; J. Bequaers. Deposited in MCZ. 1 ♀; Warren, San Diego, California; 13. viii. 1917; J. Bequaers. Deposited in MCZ.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
226B65F95ECC5F6EB6A9E913AA92B2A4.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Members of Retusigaster brevitarsis are most similar to R. rubidus. Retusigaster brevitarsis can be distinguished from other members of the genus by the following characters: body length (~ 7.0 mm); notauli smooth (Key image 3 A); mesoscutum mostly orange pale; forewing entirely infuscate with dark (Key image 5 B); metasoma mostly orange pale.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
226B65F95ECC5F6EB6A9E913AA92B2A4.taxon	description	Description. See Mao (1949). Male. Unknown.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
226B65F95ECC5F6EB6A9E913AA92B2A4.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. Unknown.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
226B65F95ECC5F6EB6A9E913AA92B2A4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Nearctic region (USA).	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
DF5DF810F4FA5AB6BD87D06ED4206DD2.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Dangerfield et al. (1999) and Mercado and Wharton (2003) provided detailed diagnostic characters. Retusigaster can be easily distinguished from other cardiochiline genera by the combination of the following characters: eye seemingly bare (Figs 2 C, 3 C, 5 C); clypeal tubercle absent (Figs 2 C, 3 C, 5 C); mouthparts short (Figs 2 C, 3 C, 5 C); scutellum apically with carinate margin (Key image 2); hind tibia without apical cuplike projection (Figs 2 A, 3 A, 5 A); ovipositor and ovipositor sheath short (Figs 2 A, 3 A, 5 A); hypopygium entirely sclerotized and ventro-apically blunt (Figs 2 A, 3 A, 5 A).	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
DF5DF810F4FA5AB6BD87D06ED4206DD2.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Nearctic region (Canada, USA, Mexico), Neotropical region (Jamaica and Mexico), Palearctic region (Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Turkey, Turkmenistan).	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
DF5DF810F4FA5AB6BD87D06ED4206DD2.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. Potential food sources of two species of Retusigaster are found. A member of R. arugosus was collected on cotton (Gossypium sp.; Malvaceae) in Texas, and a specimen of R. purshi sp. nov. was collected on Mexican cliffrose (Purshia mexicana (D. Don) S. L. Welsh; Rosaceae) in Nevada.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
0FB82418F7EE59DD995D95EB78E28C15.taxon	description	Fig. 1	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
0FB82418F7EE59DD995D95EB78E28C15.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Non-type specimen USA: 1 ♀; Pearsall, Texas. 30. ix. 1936. Deposited in TAMU.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
0FB82418F7EE59DD995D95EB78E28C15.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Retusigaster dignus can be distinguished from other members of Retusigaster by having longer body length (~ 7.5 mm); fore wing apically infuscate with pale stigma (Key Image 5 A); basal spur on hind tibia 0.67 x longer than length of basitarsus; T 1 pale; T 2 mostly pale, medially and submedially dark (Fig. 1).	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
0FB82418F7EE59DD995D95EB78E28C15.taxon	description	Description. See Mao (1949). Male. Unknown.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
0FB82418F7EE59DD995D95EB78E28C15.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. Unknown.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
0FB82418F7EE59DD995D95EB78E28C15.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Nearctic region (USA).	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
430F15B134475B9CAEEE9ED3E55BB7B2.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Paratype Mexico: 1 ♀; Estacion de Biologia Chamela, Jalisco, Mexico; 3 - 9. vii. 1993; Wharton & Sharkey. Non-type specimen Mexico • 1 ♀; same as previous except for collecting date and collector. 8. vii. 1994; I. Mercado. Deposited in TAMU.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
430F15B134475B9CAEEE9ED3E55BB7B2.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Retusigaster noguerai is similar to R. vanduzeei sp. nov. R. noguerai can be distinguished from other members of the genus by the combination of the following characters: body 4.5 - 6.0 mm; fore wing entirely infuscate with dark stigma; fore femur and tarsus pale; metasoma mostly dark; T 2 1.0 - 1.3 x longer than its posterior width.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
430F15B134475B9CAEEE9ED3E55BB7B2.taxon	description	Description. See Mercado and Wharton (2003). Male. See Mercado and Wharton (2003).	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
430F15B134475B9CAEEE9ED3E55BB7B2.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Neotropical region (Mexico).	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
EAAB0BD2200B5564AF0C2A526F9D74AC.taxon	description	Fig. 2 A-G	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
EAAB0BD2200B5564AF0C2A526F9D74AC.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype Jamaica: ♀; Port Henderson, Catherine Parish; 16. xi. 1986; W. J. Pulawski. Holotype will be deposited in CAS.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
EAAB0BD2200B5564AF0C2A526F9D74AC.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Retusigaster pulawskii sp. nov. is most similar to R. albopilosus. The following characters can distinguish the new species from other species of Retusigaster: precoxal sulcus not reaching posterior margin of mesopleuron (Fig. 2 G); fore tibia entirely pale (Fig. 2 A); fore wing apically infuscate (Fig. 2 E); transverse carina of propodeum reaching lateral margin (Figs 2 D, 2 F); stigma entirely dark (Fig. 2 E); hind femur entirely pale (Fig. 2 A); metasoma mostly dark (Fig. 2 B); T 1 laterally orange (Fig. 2 D); Y-shaped suture of T 1 entirely smooth (Fig. 2 D); T 2 medially orange (Fig. 2 D).	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
EAAB0BD2200B5564AF0C2A526F9D74AC.taxon	description	Description. Body ~ 4.69 mm. Head: Antenna 37 - segmented. Face width ~ 1.28 x longer than its height (73: 57). Interantennal space with median carina. Width of anterior ocellus ~ 0.92 x longer than POL (11: 12). Eye seemingly without interommatidial setae; median width of eye ~ 0.97 x longer than the median width of gena in lateral view (31: 32). Gena extended ventroposteriorly into weak prominence. Clypeus ~ 2.25 x longer than its height (54: 24); clypeal tubercles absent. Mandible bidentate. Maxillary palpus five-segmented. Labial palpus four-segmented. Galea short. Glossa short. Occipital carina absent. Mesosoma: Notauli entirely crenulate, strongly crenulate posteriorly. Scutellar sulcus ~ 0.44 x longer than width (19: 43), with three carinae. Postscutellar depression finely crenulate. Pronotum dorsally crenulate and posteriorly rugulose. Mesopleulon mostly smooth, posterior margin strongly crenulate; precoxal sulcus crenulate not reaching posterior margin; epicnemial carina absent; episternal scrobe present. Metapleuron anteriorly smooth and posteriorly rugulose. Propodeum strongly rugulose, ~ 0.36 x longer than its median width (36: 100); propodeal areola heart-shaped, ~ 1.17 x longer than its maximum width (27: 23); transverse carina reaching lateral margin. Legs: Basal spur on fore tibia ~ 0.58 x longer than length of basitarsus (19: 33). Basal spur on mid tibia ~ 0.63 x longer than length of basitarsus (30: 48). Hind tibia without apical cup-like projection; basal spur on hind tibia ~ 0.64 x longer than length of basitarsus (47: 74); claws pectinate. Wings: Fore wing ~ 4.14 mm; second submarginal cell trapezoid, ~ 3.20 x longer than height (80: 25); 1 r absent; 3 r absent; RS evenly curved; pterostigma ~ 2.89 x longer than wide medially (81: 28). Hind wing ~ 3.43 mm; 2 r-m absent; 2 - 1 A basally present. Metasoma: T 1 ~ 1.32 x longer than its posterior width (66: 50), anteriorly with lateral carina; Y-shaped suture of T 1 entirely smooth. T 2 ~ 0.34 x longer than its posterior width (36: 105), ~ 0.95 x longer than T 3 (36: 38). T 3 ~ 0.36 x longer than its posterior width (38: 106). Hypopygium without median longitudinal fold. Protruded ovipositor sheath ~ 0.27 x longer than length of hind basitarsus (20: 74), apically with short setae. Color: Body mostly dark brown. Fore wing apically infuscate; stigma entirely dark. The following areas orange: fore tibia; all femora, basal mid and hind tibiae; medial and lateral T 1; medial T 2.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
EAAB0BD2200B5564AF0C2A526F9D74AC.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named in honor of Dr Wojciech Jerzy Pulawski, Curator of Entomology, Emeritus, at CAS, the person who collected the specimen from Jamaica.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
EAAB0BD2200B5564AF0C2A526F9D74AC.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. Unknown.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
EAAB0BD2200B5564AF0C2A526F9D74AC.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Retusigaster pulawskii sp. nov. is known from a single female specimen collected in Jamaica.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
C628C1575C2351A4B0E433BE24FADCD0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Non-type specimens USA • 1 ♀; three miles east of Presidio, Texas; 1 - 3. v. 1963; H. E. Evans. Deposited in MCZ. 1 ♀; Randall County, Texas; Bushland; 26. vii. - 7. viii. 1983; T. J. Kring; Malaise trap. Deposited in TAMU.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
C628C1575C2351A4B0E433BE24FADCD0.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. By having dark head and mesosoma with pale metasoma, members of R. pullus and R. arugosus can be distinguished from the other members of Retusigaster. The members of R. pullus are distinguished from the members of R. arugosus by having entirely infuscate wings (Key image 4 B).	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
C628C1575C2351A4B0E433BE24FADCD0.taxon	description	Description. See Mao (1949). Male. Unknown.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
C628C1575C2351A4B0E433BE24FADCD0.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. Unknown.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
C628C1575C2351A4B0E433BE24FADCD0.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Nearctic region (USA).	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
80E55D771C7E5607A7354C42C470D859.taxon	description	Fig. 3 A-E	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
80E55D771C7E5607A7354C42C470D859.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype USA: ♀; 36 ° 16.15 ' N, 115 ° 33.29 ' W; Telephone Canyon, Clark County, Nevada, USA; 16. vi. 1998; K. Keen & M. Andres; Collected on Purshia Mexicana. Holotype will be deposited in NMNH.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
80E55D771C7E5607A7354C42C470D859.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Retusigaster purshi sp. nov. is most similar to R. vanduzeei sp. nov. The following characters can distinguish R. purshi sp. nov. from other species of Retusigaster: body ~ 7.0 mm, mostly black except for medial mandible (reddish brown) and ovipositor (Fig. 3 A, C); precoxal sulcus crenulate reaching posterior margin (Fig. 3 A); propodeal areola pentagonal (Fig. 3 B); fore wing apically infuscate with dark stigma (Fig. 3 A); fore tibia entirely dark; Y-shaped suture posteriorly crenulate (Fig. 3 B).	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
80E55D771C7E5607A7354C42C470D859.taxon	description	Description. Body ~ 7.06 mm. Head: Head entirely with long setae. Antenna 44 - segmented. Face width ~ 1.56 x longer than its height (128: 82). Width of anterior ocellus ~ 0.70 x longer than POL (16: 23). Eye seemingly without interommatidial setae; median width of eye about ~ 0.90 x longer than the median width of gena in lateral view (47: 52). Gena extended ventro-posteriorly into moderate prominence. Clypeus ~ 2.46 x longer than its height (96: 39), with punctures; clypeal tubercles absent. Mandible bidentate. Maxillary palpus five-segmented. Labial palpus four-segmented. Galea short. Glossa short. Occipital carina absent. Mesosoma: Notauli entirely evenly crenulate. Scutellar sulcus ~ 0.45 x longer than width (28: 62), with seven carinae, posteriorly rugulose. Postscutellar depression dorsally rugulose and ventrally crenulate. Pronotum dorsally crenulate and posteriorly rugulose. Mesopleuron dorsally with punctures and ventrally crenulate and rugulose, posterior margin strongly crenulate; precoxal sulcus crenulate reaching posterior margin; epicnemial carina absent; episternal scrobe present. Metapleuron anteriorly smooth and posteriorly rugulose. Propodeum strongly rugulose, ~ 0.38 x longer than its median width (61: 162); propodeal areola pentagonal, ~ 1.45 x longer than its maximum width (48: 33); transverse carina reaching lateral margin. Legs: Basal spur on mid tibia ~ 0.64 x longer than length of basitarsus (40: 63). Hind tibia without apical cup-like projection; basal spur on hind tibia ~ 0.61 x longer than length of basitarsus (57: 93); claws pectinate. Wings: Fore wing ~ 6.59 mm; second submarginal cell trapezoid, ~ 3.02 x longer than height (124: 41); 1 r present as basal stump; 3 r absent; RS evenly curved; pterostigma about 3.00 x longer than wide medially (105: 35). Hind wing ~ 4.57 mm; 2 r-m absent; 2 - 1 A present reaching basal half. Metasoma: T 1 ~ 1.01 x longer than its posterior width (93: 92), anteriorly with lateral carina; Y-shaped suture of T 1 anteriorly smooth and posteriorly crenulate. T 2 ~ 0.27 x longer than its posterior width (43: 158), ~ 0.77 x longer than T 3 (43: 56). T 3 ~ 0.34 x longer than its posterior width (56: 164). Hypopygium without median longitudinal fold. Protruded ovipositor sheath ~ 0.29 x longer than length of hind basitarsus (27: 93), apically with long setae. Color: Body mostly black. Wings basally hyaline and apically infuscate. Pterostigma entirely dark brown. Mandible apically black. Apical tarsomeres pale.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
80E55D771C7E5607A7354C42C470D859.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named in honor of Fredrick Traugott Pursh, a German American botanist. The genus of the potential food source was also named after him, Purshia.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
80E55D771C7E5607A7354C42C470D859.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology (potential food source). Mexican Cliffrose (Purshia mexicana (D. Don) S. L. Welsh; Rosaceae)	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
80E55D771C7E5607A7354C42C470D859.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Retusigaster purshi sp. nov. is known from one female specimen collected in Telephone Canyon, Clark County, Nevada, USA. (Fig. 4)	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
F5EBE3D3CF0B54FEA21A8AFEA0A21FD8.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Non-type specimens Mexico • 3 ♀; seven miles east of San Luis Potosi; 3. vii. 1987; 6225 '; R. Wharton. USA • 1 ♀; same as previous except for collecting date and collector. 8. vii. 1994; I. Mercado. Deposited in TAMU.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
F5EBE3D3CF0B54FEA21A8AFEA0A21FD8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Members of Retusigaster rubidus are most similar to those of R. brevitarsis. R. rubidus can be distinguished from other members by the following characters: body ~ 7.5 mm. notauli crenulate (Key image 3 B); mesoscutum mostly orange pale; fore wing with pale stigma (Key image 6 A); metasoma mostly orange pale.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
F5EBE3D3CF0B54FEA21A8AFEA0A21FD8.taxon	description	Description. See Mercado and Wharton (2003). Male. Unknown.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
F5EBE3D3CF0B54FEA21A8AFEA0A21FD8.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Nearctic region (USA and Mexico).	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
10FD02B0C2A15CEC801126714A5E67B6.taxon	description	Fig. 5 A-H	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
10FD02B0C2A15CEC801126714A5E67B6.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype USA • ♀; Nixon, Washoe County, Nevada; 30. vi. 1927; EP Van Duzee. Holotype will be deposited in CAS.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
10FD02B0C2A15CEC801126714A5E67B6.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Retusigaster vanduzeei sp. nov. is most similar to R. noguerai Mercado. Using the following characters, the members of R. vanduzeei sp. nov. can be distinguished from other members the genus: inner and outer orbits orange (Fig. 5 A-E); fore wing entirely infuscate (Fig. 5 F); precoxal sulcus crenulate nearly reaching posterior margin (Fig. 5 G); propodeal areola oval (Fig. 5 H); metasoma entirely dark (Fig. 5 B); T 1 antero-laterally crenulate and postero-laterally slightly rugulose; T 2 ~ 0.27 x longer than its posterior width (Fig. 5 B, H).	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
10FD02B0C2A15CEC801126714A5E67B6.taxon	description	Description. Body ~ 6.32 mm. Head: Head entirely with long setae. Antenna 37 - segmented. Face width ~ 1.50 x longer than its height (96: 64). Width of anterior ocellus ~ 0.80 x longer than POL (16: 20). Eyes seemingly without interommatidial setae; median width of eye about ~ 1.15 x longer than the median width of gena in lateral view (45: 39). Gena extended ventro-posteriorly into moderate prominence. Clypeus ~ 2.67 x longer than its height (72: 27), with punctures; clypeal tubercles absent. Mandible bidentate. Maxillary palpus five-segmented. Labial palpus four-segmented. Galea short. Glossa short. Occipital carina absent. Mesosoma: Notauli entirely evenly crenulate. Scutellar sulcus ~ 0.30 x longer than width (22: 74), with six carinae; lateral margins forming cup-like pit posteriorly. Postscutellar depression entirely rugulose. Pronotum mostly rugulose. Mesopleuron dorsally and ventrally with punctures, posterior margin strongly crenulate; precoxal sulcus crenulate nearly reaching posterior margin; epicnemial carina absent; episternal scrobe present. Metapleuron anteriorly smooth and posteriorly rugulose. Propodeum strongly rugulose, ~ 0.40 x longer than its median width (57: 142); propodeal areola nearly oval, ~ 1.31 x longer than its maximum width (42: 32); transverse carina absent. Legs: Basal spur on fore tibia ~ 0.58 x longer than length of basitarsus (29: 50). Basal spur on mid tibia ~ 0.64 x longer than length of basitarsus (39: 61). Hind tibia without apical cup-like projection; basal spur on hind tibia ~ 0.61 x longer than length of basitarsus (55: 90); claws pectinate. Wings: Fore wing ~ 6.06 mm; second submarginal cell trapezoid, ~ 3.06 x longer than height (110: 36); 1 r absent; 3 r absent; RS evenly curved; pterostigma about ~ 3.34 x longer than wide medially (117: 35). Hind wing ~ 4.88 mm; 2 r-m absent; 2 - 1 A present reaching basal half. Metasoma: T 1 ~ 1.13 x longer than its posterior width (79: 70), antero-laterally crenulate and postero-laterally slightly rugulose. T 2 ~ 0.27 x longer than its posterior width (37: 136), ~ 0.55 x longer than T 3 (37: 67). Hypopygium without median longitudinal fold. Protruded ovipositor sheath ~ 0.46 x longer than length of hind basitarsus (41: 90), apically setaceous. Color: Body mostly black. Wings entirely infuscate. Pterostigma entirely dark brown. Antenna dark brown. Inner and outer orbits orange. Mandible medially reddish brown. First laterotergite brown.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
10FD02B0C2A15CEC801126714A5E67B6.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named in honor of Mr Edward P. Van Duzee, a former curator of CAS and fellow of Entomological Society of America (ESA), the person who collected the specimen.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
10FD02B0C2A15CEC801126714A5E67B6.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Retusigaster vanduzeei sp. nov. is known from Nixon, Washoe County, Nevada, USA.	en	Kang, Ilgoo (2022): Three new species of Retusigaster Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with an illustrated key to the New World species. ZooKeys 1092: 47-62, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80560
