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Issue: Vol. 4208 No. 5: 20 Dec. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-12-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4208.5.4
Page range: 459–473
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Four subgenera of Bracon Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Braconinae) newly recorded from China, with description of five new species

State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Hymenoptera Parasitoid wasp Ophthalmobracon Orientobracon Punctobracon Sculptobracon new species new record

Abstract

Four subgenera of the genus Bracon Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Braconinae) are newly reported to China, i.e., Ophthalmobracon Tobias, 1957; Orientobracon Tobias, 2000; Punctobracon Papp, 1996; and Sculptobracon Tobias, 1961. Six species are recognized, including five new species, B. (Ophthalmobracon) elevatus sp. nov., B. (Orientobracon) maculaverticalis sp. nov., B. (Orientobracon) laticanaliculatus sp. nov., B. (Punctobracon) rhyacioniainus sp. nov. and B. (Sculptobracon) obsoletus sp. nov., which are described and illustrated. Keys to the newly recorded Chinese subgenera and species are provided.

 

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