Scutibracon Quicke, 1989

Wang, Yi-Ping, Chen, Xue-Xin, Wu, Hong & He, Jun-Hua, 2010, Two genera of Braconinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in China, with descriptions of four new species, ZooKeys 61, pp. 47-62 : 52

Scutibracon Quicke, 1989

Scutibracon Quicke 1989: Ento. Mon. Mag. 125: 19. Type species: Microbracon hispae Viereck 1913.

General.

This genus can be recognized by the following characters: small wasps with body length less than 3.0 mm;all flagellomeres more than twice times longer than wide; scapus small, shorter ventrally than dorsally in lateral view; face largely densely short-setose, smooth and shiny; frons distinctly impressed behind each antennal socket, short setose; scutellum densely and evenly setose; propodeum rather flat, with a complete mid-longitudinal carina; marginal cell of fore wing long, second submarginal cell of fore wing short, parallel-sided and robust, vein cu-a of fore wing distinctly postfurcal; claws with pointed basal lobes; first metasomal tergite with distinctly dorso-lateral carinae, second and third metasomal tergites enlarged, broad and short, and the third metasomal tergite more than 3.0 times wider than long medially. Species of this genus have been reared from Hispa armigera Olivier ( Coleoptera : Hispidae ) and Acrocercops cramerella Snellen ( Lepidoptera : Gracilariidae ).

Scutibracon is a small genus with only one known species from Indo-Australian (Quicke, 1984). In this study, one new species of this genus is added, Scutibracon fujianensis sp. n., which is described and illustrated below.