Xynobius Foerster, 1863

Han, Yunjong, van Achterberg, Cornelis & Kim, Hyojoong, 2024, Four new species of the genus Xynobius Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Opiinae) from South Korea, ZooKeys 1193, pp. 219-243 : 219

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Genus Xynobius Foerster, 1863 View in CoL View at ENA

Xynobius Foerster, 1863: 235. Type species (by original designation): Xynobius pallipes Foerster, 1863 (= Opius caelatus Haliday, 1837).

Aclisis Foerster, 1863: 267. Type species (by original designation): Aclisis isomera Foerster, 1863 (= Opius caelatus Haliday, 1837). Synonymised by Fischer (1972).

Holconotus Foerster, 1863: 259 (not Schmidt-Göbel, 1846). Type species (by original designation): Opius comatus Wesmael, 1835). Synonymised by van Achterberg (2004).

Aulonotus Ashmead, 1900: 368 (new name for Holconotus Foerster). Type species (by original designation): Opius comatus Wesmael, 1835). Synonymised by Tobias and Jakimavičius (1986).

Eristernaulax Viereck, 1913: 362. Type species (by original designation): Eristernaulax leucotaenia Viereck, 1913). Synonymised by van Achterberg (2004).

Stigmatopoea Fischer, 1984: 610, 611 (as subgenus of Opius Wesmael), 1998: 25 (key to species); Wharton, 1988: 356; 2006: 338 (as subgenus of Eurytenes Foerster, 1863; possible paraphyly in Xynobius ). Type species (by original designation): Opius macrocerus Thomson, 1895. Synonymised by van Achterberg (2004).

Xynobiotenes Fischer, 1998: 23 (as subgenus of Eurytenes Foerster, 1863). Type species (by original designation): Opius scutellatus Fischer, 1962. Synonymised by Li et al. (2013).

Diagnosis.

Hypoclypeal depression distinct and ventral margin of clypeus above upper level of mandibular condyles (Figs 6 View Figures 2–12 , 20 View Figures 14–24 , 34 View Figures 30–41 , 48 View Figures 43–53 , 58 View Figures 55–64 , 70 View Figures 65–75 ); mandible without acute basal lamella; notauli complete (Fig. 32 View Figures 30–41 ) or largely absent except a pair of short anterior impressions (Figs 4 View Figures 2–12 , 16 View Figures 14–24 , 57 View Figures 55–64 ); medio-posterior depression variable, often present (Figs 4 View Figures 2–12 , 32 View Figures 30–41 , 45 View Figures 43–53 , 57 View Figures 55–64 , 67 View Figures 65–75 ); precoxal sulcus distinct and no sternaulus; vein r of fore wing more or less angled with vein 3-SR and distinctly shorter than vein 2-SR (Figs 2 View Figures 2–12 , 14 View Figures 14–24 , 30 View Figures 30–41 , 43 View Figures 43–53 , 55 View Figures 55–64 , 65 View Figures 65–75 ); pterostigma either narrowed apically or parallel-sided to slightly widened apically (subgenus Xynobiotenes Stigmatopoea : Figs 55 View Figures 55–64 , 65 View Figures 65–75 ); dorsope distinct (Figs 5 View Figures 2–12 , 9 View Figures 2–12 , 22 View Figures 14–24 , 25 View Figures 25–28 , 26 View Figures 25–28 , 37 View Figures 30–41 , 45 View Figures 43–53 , 46 View Figures 43–53 , 50 View Figures 43–53 , 51 View Figures 43–53 , 57 View Figures 55–64 , 58 View Figures 55–64 , 68 View Figures 65–75 , 69 View Figures 65–75 ).

Distribution.

Cosmopolitan.

Biology.

Koinobionts endoparasitoids of mining dipterous larvae (species of the genus Agromyza Fallen, 1810; Agromyzidae ), or of fruit-infesting larvae (species of the genera Euliea Walker, 1835, and Trypeta Meigen, 1803; Tephritidae ).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Braconidae