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

Yang LiCornelis Van AchterbergXue-Xin Chen
Published in: ZooKeys (2021)
A new genus, Parallobracon gen. nov. , of the subfamily Braconinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) is described to include Parallobraconprolatus sp. 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 ( Chaoiltabreviceps sp. nov. , Cyanopterus (Ipobracon) lucidus sp. nov. , Cyanopterus (Ipobracon) transversus sp. nov. , Gammabraconuniformis sp. nov. , Gammabraconwangi sp. nov. , Ischnobraconguttatus sp. nov. , Monilobraconlongitudinalis sp. nov. , Monilobraconmarginatus sp. nov. , Parallobraconprolatus sp. nov. , Vipiomorphasulcata sp. nov. , Vipiomorphayunnanensis sp. nov. , Zaglyptogastraexilis sp. nov. , and Zaglyptogastratricolor sp. nov. ) are described and illustrated. BracomorphaPapp, 1971, is included assubgenusinCyanopterus Haliday, 1835 ( syn. nov. ) and Cyanopterusninghais 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.
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