Review of the genusCraspedolcusEnderlein sensu lato in China, with the description of a new genus and four new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Braconinae).
A new genus is split off the genusCraspedolcusEnderlein, 1920 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Braconinae):Maculibracongen. n.with type speciesMaculibracon abruptussp. n.The genusCraspedolcusEnderleinsensu strictois redefined, a key to both genera and to their species in China, Thailand and Vietnam is included.Craspedolcus obscuriventrisEnderlein, 1920, (syn. n.) is a new synonym ofCraspedolcus vagatus(Smith, 1858), asIpobracon maculicostaEnderlein, 1920 andIphiaulax bhotanensisCameron, 1907 ofMaculibracon simlaensis(Cameron, 1899),comb. n. The genusCraspedolcusis recorded from China for the first time with two species:Craspedolcus fraternusEnderlein, 1920, andCraspedolcus politussp. n.The genusMaculibraconis represented by three species in China:Maculibracon simlaensis(Cameron, 1899),comb. n.(also present in Vietnam),Maculibracon heisp. n.andMaculibracon luteonervissp. n.and a fourth species is described from Thailand:Maculibracon abruptussp. n.Hybogaster zebripteraeWang & Chen, 2008, from China (Fujian) is transferred toIphiaulaxFoerster, 1863, (comb. n.) and the following names are new combinations inMaculibracongen. n.:Bracon lepchaCameron, 1899;Bracon phaedoCameron, 1899;Bracon simlaensisCameron, 1899;Iphiaulax bhotanensisCameron, 1907;Iphiaulax laertiusCameron, 1903;Iphiaulax leptopterusCameron, 1903;Iphiaulax lineaticarinatusCameron, 1907;Ipobracon lissotomusRoman, 1914;Ipobracon maculicostaEnderlein, 1920 andIphiaulax pallidicornisRoman, 1914.Craspedolcus montezuma(Cameron, 1887) is provisionally transferred to the genusDigonogastraViereck, 1912.
State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
Yang
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Li
Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Animal Conservation / Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, 229 North Taibai Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710069, China.
Cornelis
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van Achterberg
State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
Xue-Xin
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Chen
Braconidae; Braconinae; China; Craspedolcus; Hymenoptera; Maculibracon; Oriental; Thailand; Vietnam; new genus; new species