Bitomoides van Achterberg, 2004

Sheng, Ying-Yi, Wu, Qiong, Achterberg, Cornelis Van & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2019, Three newly recorded genera from China (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Opiinae) with the notes on the genus Neopius and descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 4604 (3), pp. 588-600 : 589

Bitomoides van Achterberg, 2004

Bitomoides van Achterberg, 2004: 331 . Type species: Bitomus latus Papp, 1999 .

Diagnosis. The noticeable characteristics of genus Bitomoides are as follows, temples and vertex smooth and shiny; occipital carina protruding dorsally in lateral view and near middle level of eyes curved; mandibles moderately slender, twisted apically, without basal tooth; around base of middle coxa with a circular carina ( Fig. 4b ); dorsope absent; basal carina of first tergite united and continued as a medio-longitudinal carina; second metasomal tergite distinctly longer than third tergite and bordered posteriorly by a wide and curved second metasomal suture, second and third tergite longitudinally striate; third tergite without sharp lateral crease.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Palaearctic, Oriental.

Figures

FIGURES 2–11. Bitomoides platyaulici, Sheng & Chen, sp. n., ♀, holotype. 2—fore wing. 3—hind wing. 4a—mesosoma, lateral aspect. 4b—base of middle coxa. 5—mesosoma, dorsal aspect. 6—propodeum and first metasomal tergite, dorsal aspect. 7—antenna. 8—head, anterior aspect. 9—head, dorsal aspect. 10—head, lateral aspect. 11—hind leg and ovipositor, lateral aspect.