AnimaliaHymenopteraBraconidaevan AchterbergCornelisLongKhuat DangChenXue-xinYouLan-shaoPseudofornicia gen. n. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), a new Indo-Australian genus and one new species from VietnamZookeys309201520155248910210.3897/zookeys.524.6158 Pseudofornicia vanachterbergi Longnom. n.Figs 21, 22–30Fornicia achterbergi Long, 2007: 37–38, 41–42, figs 7–15 (not Fornicia achterbergi Yang & Chen, 2006).Type material.

Holotype, ♀ (IEBR), “VN [= Vietnam]: Hà Tây, Thach Thât, vuòn chè, M[alaise]T[rap], 25.v–5.vi.2002, K.D. Long”.

Diagnosis.

Head 0.9 × as wide as mesoscutum in dorsal view and height of head 0.6 × height of mesosoma in lateral view (Fig. 21); scutellum medially distinctly rugose (Fig. 28), its apical rim nearly reaching upper level of scutellum (Fig. 29); first discal cell less setose than apical third of fore wing; vein m-cu of fore wing shorter than vein 2-SR+M (Fig. 22); vein cu-a of hind wing moderately sinuate (Fig. 24); apical half of hind tibia yellowish brown (Fig. 25); metasoma brownish yellow dorsally and roundly narrowed posteriorly (Fig. 23); first tergite near median carina depressed (Fig. 23); propodeum with small elevated medio-basal area (Fig. 28); medial area of second tergite largely subparallel-sided and only anteriorly widened (Fig. 23), its anterior half largely smooth, except some punctures laterally and area rather abruptly narrowed posteriorly (Fig. 23); second and third tergites brownish yellow medially (Fig. 23); third tergite rather coarsely reticulate medially, its median length 1.3 × second tergite (Fig. 23).

Distribution.

Vietnam.

Biology.

Unknown, but reared from a host on a litchi tree.

Notes.

Dr Khuat Dang Long renames here his Fornicia achterbergi Long, 2007, into Pseudofornicia vanachterbergi nom. n., because it is a primary homonym of Fornicia achterbergi Yang & Chen, 2006.

Pseudofornicia vanachterbergi nom. n., female, holotype, habitus lateral.

Pseudofornicia vanachterbergi nom. n., female, holotype. 22 fore wing 23 metasoma dorsal 24 metasoma lateral 25 hind leg 26 head dorsal 27 head anterior 28 mesosoma dorsal 29 mesosoma lateral 30 antenna.