Coeloides qinlingensis Dang & Yang, 1989

Wang, Yi-Ping, Chen, Xue-Xin, Wu, Hong & He, Jun-Hua, 2006, The genus Coeloides Wesmael of subfamily Braconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in China, Zootaxa 1239, pp. 1-17 : 13-14

Coeloides qinlingensis Dang & Yang, 1989 (Figs. 33­35)

Coeloides qinlingensis Dang & Yang, 1989 , Entomotaxonomia, 11: 115; Yang, 1996, Parasitic wasps on bark beetles in China, 20.

Material studied. Holotype (female), CHINA, Shaanxi, Gai County, 13. viii. 1959, Li Kuan­sheng ( CAFB); Paratype, 2ΨΨ 2ɗɗ, CHINA, Shaanxi, Gai County 13. viii. 1959, Li Kuan­sheng, No. 620174Ex. Ips acuminatus Gyllenhal ( CAFB); 5ΨΨ 26ɗɗ, CHINA, Shaanxi, Zhouzhi, Tianzhenzi, 27. v. 1984, Yang Zhong­qi and Wang Bing­hai, Ex. Dendroctonus armandi Tsai et Li , Tomicus minor Hartig , T. piniperda L. and also I. acuminatus Gyllenhal ( CAFB).

Diagnosis: This species is similar to Coeloides ungularis Thomson , but can be separated from the latter by the key mentioned above. It has antennae with 33–38 segments, first flagellomere slightly longer than the second one, weakly protruding apically; second flagellomere strongly flared apico­ventrally, and third flagellomere normal apico­ventrally; notauli of mesoscutum deep and wide entirely; veins 2­SR: SR1 of fore wing = 1: 3.4; first metasomal tergite with narrow and shallow grooves laterally; second metasomal tergite with narrow and deep longitudinal grooves laterally; and ovipositor sheath relatively long, 1.8 times as long as abdomen.

Biology: Parasite of the larvae of Dendroctonus armandi Tsai et Li , Ips acuminatus Gyllenhal , Tomicus minor Hartig and T. piniperda L. of the family Scolytidae (Coleoptera) .

Distribution: China (Shaanxi province).