Vipiomorpha Tobias, 1962

Li, Yang, Achterberg, Cornelis van & Chen, Xue-xin, 2020, A new genus and eight newly recorded genera of Braconinae Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from China, with descriptions of fourteen new species, ZooKeys 1038, pp. 105-178 : 105

Genus Vipiomorpha Tobias, 1962 Figures 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36

Vipiomorpha Tobias, 1962: 1193. Type-species: Vipiomorpha ypsilon Tobias, 1962 (monobasic and original designation).

Diagnosis.

Body small sized to medium-sized, and rather slender; terminal antennomere robust and acute apically; in lateral view scapus without double margin at inner side apically, not or slightly concave apico-laterally, ventrally weakly shorter than dorsally; eye glabrous, weakly emarginate; face largely smooth, sometimes with some sparse punctures medially; clypeus moderately narrow, dorsal clypeal carina developed (but in the Afrotropical species Vipiomorpha rugosa ( Szépligeti, 1913) absent); malar suture moderately developed, often with dense setae; labio-maxillary complex normal, not elongate; frons often strongly depressed, with a strong median groove; notauli strongly developed and complete; mesopleuron smooth, rarely with a longitudinal impression posteriorly; metapleuron smooth and shiny; metapleural flange present; propodeum punctate-rugose medially, and more pronounced postero-medially than anteriorly, with a complete medio-longitudinal groove; angle between veins 1-SR and C+SC+R of fore wing ca. 45°; marginal cell of fore wing short and elongate elliptical, vein 1-R1 shorter than pterostigma or ca. as long (at most 1.2 × longer); second submarginal cell of fore wing nearly parallel-sided; fore wing veins 1-M and 1-SR+M straight; forewing vein r less than 0.5 × length of m-cu; base of hind wing often with a large glabrous area; hind wing vein 1r-m distinctly oblique, and much shorter than vein SC+R1; basal lobes of claws blunt or rounded; metasoma often long and more or less slender; median area of first metasomal strongly rugose, usually with well-developed dorso-lateral carina but without medio-longitudinal carinae; lateral grooves of T I remain far removed from lateral margin of tergite; T II usually with raised smooth, shiny and large antero-lateral areas; remainder of tergite usually strongly rugose; second suture crenulate; T III usually rugose, with smooth antero-lateral areas; T III-V with or without antero-lateral areas; hypopygium extending beyond the apex of the metasomal tergites; ovipositor with dorsal nodus and ventral serrations subapically.

Biology.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Afrotropical; Oriental; Palaearctic.

Note.

This genus is newly recorded from the Oriental region and China; it is a small genus including three species, here we report two new species and one previously described species from China.

Figures

Figure 31. Vipiomorpha sulcata sp. nov., ♀, holotype, habitus, lateral view.

Figure 32. Vipiomorpha sulcata sp. nov., ♀, holotype 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, anterior view h head, dorsal view i head, lateral view j scapus outer side, lateral view k apex of antenna l apex of ovipositor, lateral view.

Figure 33. Vipiomorpha ypsilon Tobias, 1962, ♀, habitus, lateral view.

Figure 34. Vipiomorpha ypsilon Tobias, 1962. ♀ 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, anterior view h head, dorsal view i head, lateral view j scapus outer side, lateral view k apex of antenna l apex of ovipositor, lateral view.

Figure 35. Vipiomorpha yunnanensis sp. nov., ♀, holotype, habitus, lateral view.

Figure 36. Vipiomorpha yunnanensis sp. nov., ♀, holotype 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, anterior view h head, dorsal view i head, lateral view j scapus outer side, lateral view k apex of antenna l apex of ovipositor, lateral view.