The genera Aspidobracon and Philomacroploea (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) in China, with descriptions of two new species

Abstract

The species of the genera Aspidobracon van Achterberg, 1984 and Philomacroploea Cameron, 1905 in China are revised. Five species are recognized, and two new species, Aspidobracon flavithorax sp. nov. and Aspidobracon longyanensis sp. nov., are described and illustrated. The genus Philomacroploea Cameron and the species Aspidobracon hesperivorus van Achterberg and Philomacroploea basimacula Cameron are reported from China for the first time. A key to the species of the genus Aspidobracon van Achterberg is provided. © 2007 Entomological Society of America.