A new braconid genus belonging to the tribe Alysiini. Phaenospila van Achterberg & Yao, gen. nov. (type species: Phaenospila signator Yao, sp. nov.), is described. The genus is identified with morphological characters and a phylogenetic analysis of COI sequence data; GenBank accession numbers of fifty generated sequences from the three species are included. Three new species are described and illustrated, Phaenospila brevicarinata van Achterberg & Yao sp. nov., Phaenospila areolator Yao & van Achterberg sp. nov., Phaenospila signator Yao sp. nov. A key to the species of the genus Phaenospila is included.

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Yao, J., van Achterberg, C., Sharkey, M.J., Chapman, E.G., Fang, S., Aizezi, A., & Li, J. (2022). Phaenospila gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae) and three new species from Thailand. Zootaxa, 5195(5), 468–484. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5195.5.5