Stenobracon (Stenobracon) nicevillei ( Bingham, 1901 )

Li, Yang, He, Jun-Hua & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2020, Review of six genera of Braconinae Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in China, with the description of eleven new species, Zootaxa 4818 (1), pp. 1-74 : 56-57

Stenobracon (Stenobracon) nicevillei ( Bingham, 1901)

Figs 43–44

Bracon nicevillei Bingham, 1901: 555 ; Szépligeti, 1904: 36.

Glyptomorpha nicevillei (Bingham) : Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1924: 263.

Stenobracon nicevillei (Bingham) : Ramakrishna Ayyar, 1928: 35; Sonan, 1929: 333; Chou, 1981: 73; Chu et al., 1978: 51; Chishti et Quicke, 1996: 241; He et al., 2002: 883.

Stenobracon (Stenobracon) nicevillei (Bingham) : van Achterberg et Polaszek, 1996: 47.

Phanaulax levituberculatus Cameron, 1910: 43 . Synonymized by Chishti et Quicke, 1996: 241.

Stenobracon levituberculatus (Cameron) : Fahringer, 1928: 26; Quicke et Koch, 1990: 224.

Material. 1♀, China, Zhejiang Prov., Taishun , 550–950m, 3.VII.1963, Jin Gentao, No. 34023675 ( SHEM) ; 1♀, China, Guangdong Prov., Yaxian, 10–15. VI .1966, He Junhua , No. 66023.4 ( ZJUH) ; 1♂, China, Yunnan Prov., Kaiyuan , 5.IX.19??, Tao Shaolin, No. 846481 ( ZJUH) ; 1♂, China, Yunnan Prov., Wenshan , 20.IX.1980, Sun Zhenyang, No. 811054 ( ZJUH) .

Biology. The hosts are most species of Pyralidae (Lepidoptera) , including: Bissetia steniella (Hampson, 1899) , Chilo auricilius (Dudgeon, 1905) , Chilo ceylonicus , Chilo indicus (Kapur) , Chilo infuscatellus Snellen, 1890 , Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1885) , Chilo suppressalis (Walker, 1863) , Chilo tumidicostalis (Hampson) , Chilo zonellus (Swinhoe, 1884) , Glaucocharis reniella Wang et Sung, 1988 , Schoenobius bipunctifer (Walker) , Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker, 1863) , Scirpophaga innotata (Walker, 1863) and Scirpophaga nivella (Fabricius, 1794) ; and one species of Brachodidae (Lepidoptera) : Procerata venosata (Walker, 1863) ( Ramakrishna Ayyar 1928; Sonan 1944; Trehan et Butani 1950; Yasumatsu 1967; Saxena 1972; Nagarkatti et Nair 1973; Chou 1981; Chishti et Quicke 1996; Yu et al. 2016).

Distribution. China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan, *Zhejiang); Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam.

Note. Sonan (1944) first reported this species from Taiwan (SE. China); Chu et al. (1978) reported this species from Guangdong and Taiwan (SE. China), Guizhou (SW. China); Zheng et al. (1986) reported this species from Yunnan (SW. China) and He et Wang (1987) from Fujian, Guangdong and Taiwan (SE. China), Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan (SW. China); finally, He et al. (2002) reported this species from Fujian and Hainan (SE. China), Guizhou (SW. China).

Figures

FIGURE 43. Stenobracon (Stenobracon) nicevillei (Bingham, 1901), ♀, habitus lateral.

FIGURE 44. Stenobracon (Stenobracon) nicevillei (Bingham, 1901). ♀. a. fore wing; b. hind wing; c. mesosoma, lateral view; d. mesosoma, dorsal view; e. metasoma, dorsal view; f. hind leg, lateral view; g. head, front view; h. head, dorsal view; i. head, lateral view; j. sacpus outer side, lateral view.