Brulleia Szepligeti , 1904

Yan, Cheng-jin, He, Jun-hua & Chen, Xue-xin, 2013, The genus Brulleia Szepligeti (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Helconinae) from China, with descriptions of four new species, ZooKeys 257, pp. 17-31 : 18

Brulleia Szepligeti, 1904

Brulleia Szépligeti, 1904: 150; Shenefelt 1970: 190; van Achterberg 1983: 287; Chen et al. 1993: 378; Chou and Hsu 1998: 284.

Type species.

Brulleia melanocephala Szépligeti, 1904.

Diagnosis.

Mandibles evenly curved; maxillary and labial palpi with 2-6 and 2-3 segments, respectively; face densely reticulate-rugose; clypeus more or less convex or medially depressed; occipital carina arched medio-dorsally or reduced; vertex usually with longitudinal groove; frons weakly concave medially or nearly flat; length of hind tibia 1.6-2.0 times hind femur; second tergite smooth or sculptured basally; vein 1-SR of fore wing absent; vein 2A of hind wing absent.

Host.

Larvae of Oberea sp. ( Cerambycidae ).

Distribution.

China (Hebei, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Fujian, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Tibet); East Palaearctic, Oriental and Australasian regions.