Areopraon Mackauer, 1959

Tian, Hong-Wei, Achterberg, Cornelis van & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2018, The genera Areopraon Mackauer, 1959 and Pseudopraon Stary, 1975 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) from China, with keys to species, ZooKeys 780, pp. 61-70 : 61

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.780.26264
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:872D1F56-6F8C-4A36-AE3D-36FB3DAD1981
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scientific name	Areopraon Mackauer, 1959
status

Treatment

Areopraon Mackauer, 1959: 810. Type-species: Praon lepelleyi Waterston, 1926.

Mesopraon Starý, 1981: 175. (Syn. by Tomanović, Ž.). Type-species: Mesopraon helleni Starý, 1981.

Diagnosis.

Head transverse, with occipital carina. Maxillary palpi with four segments, labial palpi with three segments. Female antenna filiform, with 12-22 segments. Notauli deep and distinct throughout. Propodeum usually with areola or with carinae. Fore wing with pterostigma longer than vein 1-R1 (= metacarp), radial vein (= r+3- SR) not reach the wing apex, vein 1-SR+M usually faintly indicated, and vein 2-M always distinct. Hind wing with cross vein cu-a absent. Apex of ovipositor sheaths usually densely pubescent. Larva pupates either inside or outside of mummified aphid.

Key to world species of the genus Areopraon Mackauer, 1959