Stenobracon (Stenobracon) deesae (Cameron, 1902)

Li, Yang, He, Jun-Hua & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2020, Review of six genera of Braconinae Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in China, with the description of eleven new species, Zootaxa 4818 (1), pp. 1-74 : 51-52

Stenobracon (Stenobracon) deesae (Cameron, 1902)

Figs 39–40

Bracon deesae Cameron, 1902b: 433 ; Szépligeti, 1904: 33; Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1924: 355.

Glyptomorpha deesae (Cameron) : Husain et Mathur, 1924: 120; Chu, 1937: 72.

Glyptomorpha (Stenobracon) deesae (Cameron) : Rahman, 1941: 117.

Vipio deesae (Cameron) : Bhalla et Venkatraman, 1963: 36.

Iphiaulax deesae (Cameron) : Bhalla et Venkatraman, 1963: 36.

Stenobracon deesae (Cameron) : Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1928: 35; Shenefelt, 1978: 1725; Chishti et Quicke, 1996: 239. Stenobracon (Stenobracon) deesae (Cameron) : van Achterberg et Polaszek, 1996: 46.

Material. 1♀, China, Zhejiang Prov., Qingyuan , 20–31.VIII.1981, Zhu Kunyan, No. 815487 ( ZJUH) ; 1♂, China, Zhejiang Prov., Qingyuan , 3.VIII.1987, Wu Quancong, No. 851999 ( ZJUH) ; 1♀, China, Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou, 5. VI .1935, Chu Ruzuo ( ZJUH); 1♀, China, Jiangsu Prov., Changxing, 23. V .1935, Chu Ruzuo ( ZJUH); 1♀, China, Jiangsu Prov., Yixing, 23. VI .1935, Chu Ruzuo ( ZJUH); 1♀, China, Jiangsu Prov., Nanjing ,?.?.1984, collector un- known, No. 871116 ( ZJUH) ; 1♂, China, Hunan Prov., Bucheng Nanshanmufang , 6.VIII.1985, Chen Naizhong, No. 200012109 ( ZJUH) ; 1♂, China, Fujiang Prov., Shaxian , 20–30.XI.1980, He Junhua, No. 803785 ( ZJUH) .

Biology. The hosts are most species of Pyralidae (Lepidoptera) , including: Bissetia steniella (Hampson, 1899) , Chilo auricilius (Dudgeon, 1905) , Chilo indicus (Kapur) , Chilo infuscatellus Snellen, 1890 , Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1885) , Chilo suppressalis (Walker, 1863) , Chilo tumidicostalis (Hampson) , Chilo zonellus (Swinhoe, 1884) , Emmalocera depressella (Swinhoe) , Raphimetopus ablutella (Zeller, 1839) , Schoenobius bipunctifer (Walker) , Scirpophaga excerptalis (Walker, 1863) , Scirpophaga nivella (Fabricius, 1794) and Sesamia inferens (Walker, 1856) ; and one species of Brachodidae (Lepidoptera) : Procerata venosata (Walker, 1863) ( Cherian et Subramaniam 1942; Trehan et Butani 1950; Saxena 1972; Nagarkatti et Nair 1973; Gupta et al. 1994; Chishti et Quicke 1996; Yu et al. 2016).

Distribution. China (* Fujian, * Hunan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang); Bangladesh, India, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Pakistan, Sudan.

Note. Chu (1937) first reported this species from Jiangsu and Zhejiang (SE. China).

Figures

FIGURE 39. Stenobracon (Stenobracon) deesae (Cameron, 1902), ♀, habitus lateral.

FIGURE 40. Stenobracon (Stenobracon) deesae (Cameron, 1902). ♀. a. fore wing; b. hind wing; c. mesosoma, lateral view; d. mesosoma, dorsal view; e. metasoma, dorsal view; f. hind leg, lateral view; g. head, front view; h. head, dorsal view; i. head, lateral view; j. first metasomal tergite, dorsal view; k. sacpus outer side, lateral view; l. apex of ovipositor, lateral view.