AnimaliaHymenopteraPteromalidaeJiaoTian-yangYaoQin-yingXiaoHuiReview of Dibrachys Förster from China (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae)Zookeys1422017201765612314910.3897/zookeys.656.11373 Dibrachys braconidis (Ferrière & Faure, 1925), new record to ChinaFigs 15–18 Homoporus luniger braconidisFerrière & Faure, 1925, 11: 226. Dibrachys braconidis(Ferrière & Faure): Bouček 1965: 30; Viggiani 1968: 112–115.Diagnosis.

Body slender, length 2.0–2.9 mm (Figs 15, 16). Head in frontal view, 1.3× as wide as high; antennal scrobe extending to anterior ocellus; antennal insertion slightly above lower ocular line; lower face at least slightly convex; clypeus with longitudinal striation, lower margin of clypeus not protruding (Figs 17, 18), without tooth. Antennal scape slightly shorter than eye height, length of pedicel and flagellum shorter than head width (0.8×); Fu1 to Fu3 slightly longer than broad, Fu4 to Fu6 quadrate. Head in dorsal view, 1.9× as wide as long; eye length 2× temple length; POL 1.44× OOL. Mesosoma 1.37× as long as broad. Propodeum with complete median carina and plicae. Fore wing 2.33× as long as broad; submarginal vein 2.24× as long as marginal vein; marginal vein 1.9× as long as postmarginal vein; stigmal vein as long as postmarginal vein. Gaster 1.37× as long as broad, 1.27× as broad as thorax width.

Material examined.

China: 30♂, 29♀, Sichuan: Xichang, V.1992, ex. Neodiprion xiangyunicus Xiao et Zhou, leg. Zhen Zhang; 1♀, Yunnan: Nanjian, 2.VI.1980; Yunnan: Kunming, 13.VII.1977, ex. pupae of Diprioninae, leg. Jing-liang Qi; 2♀, Yunnan: Kunming, XII.1988, leg. Hong-ming Yang; 1♀, Tibet: Chamdo, 3400m, 15.VIII.2001, leg. Chao-dong Zhu.

Hosts.

The species mainly parasitizes Luffia ferchaultella, and Luffia lapidella (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) and Apanteles glomeratus (L.) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) (Graham, 1969). Here we newly report Neodiprion xianyunicus Xiao et Zhou and Diprionidae sp. (Hymenoptera: Symphyta).

Distribution.

China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet); Palearctic and Nearctic regions. This is the first record from the Oriental region.

10–14 Dibrachys kunmingica sp. n., female holotype 10 Body in dorsal view 11 Body in lateral view 12 Head in frontal view 13 Head in dorsal view 14 Fore wing 15–18 Dibrachys braconidis (Ferrière et Faure, 1925). 15 Body in dorsal view 16 Body in lateral view 17 Head in frontal view 18 Head in lateral view.

BoučekZ (1965) A review of the Chalcidoid fauna of the Moldavian SSR, with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera). Sborník Faunistickych Prací Entomologického Oddeleni Národního Musea v Praze 11: 537. ViggianiG (1968) Si alcuni pteromalidi nuovi per l’entomofauna italiana, con interessante reperti biologici relative a specie del genre Dibrachys Forster. (XVI Ricerche sugli Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea.) Bollettino della Società. Entomologica Italiana 98: 112115.