Sathon Mason, 1981

Liu, Zhen, Liu, Jia-Jun, He, Jun-Hua & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2023, First record of the genus Sathon Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) in China, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 95, pp. 85-94 : 85

Genus Sathon Mason, 1981

Sathon Mason, 1981: 78. Williams 1988: 540; Austin and Dangerfield 1992: 52; Fagan-Jeffries et al. 2019: 427. Fernandez-Triana et al. 2020: 945.

Type species.

Apanteles neomexicanus Muesebeck, 1920, by original designation.

Diagnosis.

Areolet of fore wing present or absent; metanotum with sublateral lobes slightly setose, exposing postero-lateral phragma of scutellum; propodeum with median carina present over most of length or almost completely absent, but marked by at least a trace of rugosity; tergite I somewhat narrow, length at least 3.0 × longer than apical width; tergite II subtriangular; hypopygium evenly sclerotized, without striae mid-ventrally; ovipositor sheaths at least half as long as hind tibia; often with large external genitalia in male.

Host.

Bombycidae : Bombyx mori (L., 1758); Limacodidae : Cheromettia lohor (Moore, 1859), C. sumatrensis (Heylaerts, 1884); Noctuidae : Actinotia polyodon (Clerck, 1759), Apamea lateritia (Hufnagel, 1766), Apamea monoglypha (Hufnagel, 1766); Papilionidae : Papilio zelicaon Lucas, 1858; Pterophoridae : Adaina microdactyla ( Hübner, 1813), Emmelina monodactyla (L., 1758); Psychidae : Hyalarcta huebneri (Westwood, 1854); H. nigresens (Doubleday, 1845), Narycia Stephens, 1836; Sesiidae : Synanthedon tipuliformis Clerck, 1759, Zeiraphera griseana ( Hübner, 1799); Tortricidae : Rhyacionia buoliana (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) ( Yu et al. 2016; Fernandez-Triana et al. 2020). This list of hosts records was compiled in a non-critical way by Yu et al. (2016) from the literature and it is very likely that several (perhaps many) records are inaccurate or erroneous.

Distribution.

Worldwide.