A new genus and eight newly recorded genera of Braconinae Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from China, with descriptions of fourteen new species

By

Li, Yang
Achterberg, C. van
Chen, Xuexin.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1038

Pages

105--178

Subjects

Bathyaulacini , Braconini , Euurobraconini , new combination , new record

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1038.55258

 

Abstract

A new genus, Parallobracongen. nov., of the subfamily Braconinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) is described to include Parallobracon prolatussp. nov. Eight genera Chaoilta Cameron, Cyanopterus Haliday, Gammabracon Quicke, Ischnobracon Baltazar, Monilobracon Quicke, Pseudospinaria Enderlein, Vipiomorpha Tobias, and Zaglyptogastra Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) are newly recorded from China, their 21 species are revised, and 13 new species (Chaoilta brevicepssp. nov., Cyanopterus (Ipobracon) lucidussp. nov., Cyanopterus (Ipobracon) transversussp. nov., Gammabracon uniformissp. nov., Gammabracon wangisp. nov., Ischnobracon guttatussp. nov., Monilobracon longitudinalissp. nov., Monilobracon marginatussp. nov., Parallobracon prolatussp. nov., Vipiomorpha sulcatasp. nov., Vipiomorpha yunnanensissp. nov., Zaglyptogastra exilissp. nov., and Zaglyptogastra tricolorsp. nov.) are described and illustrated. Bracomorpha Papp, 1971, is included as subgenus in Cyanopterus Haliday, 1835 (syn. nov.) and Cyanopterus ninghais Wang, Chen, Wu et He, 2009, is a new combination. Keys to the Chinese species of the genera Chaoilta, Cyanopterus, Gammabracon, Ischnobracon, Monilobracon, Vipiomorpha, and Zaglyptogastra are provided.