Braunsia Kriechbaumer, 1894

Stevens, Nicholas B., Austin, Andrew D. & Jennings, John T., 2010, Synopsis of Australian agathidine wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae), Zootaxa 2480, pp. 1-26 : 11-12

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.195400

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6209238

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Braunsia Kriechbaumer, 1894
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Braunsia Kriechbaumer, 1894 View in CoL View at ENA

( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2 B, 9B)

Braunsia Kriechbaumer, 1894 View in CoL : Type species: Braunsia bicolor Kriechbaumer, 1894 View in CoL [= Braunsia bilunata Enderlein, 1904 View in CoL , new name for bicolor Kriechbaumer View in CoL because junior secondary homonym of Brullé, 1846], by subsequent designation, Viereck, 1914: 24; Turner, 1918b: 224 [description]; Parrott, 1953: 199 [catalogue]; Shenefelt, 1970b: 370 [catalogue]; Bhat & Gupta, 1977: 50 [key, description]; Chou & Sharkey, 1989: 175 [key, description]; Sharkey, 1992: 443 [in tribe Microdini]; Sharkey, 1996: 58 [in tribe Eumicrodini, amendment to incorrectly applied Microdini]; Yu et al., 2005 [catalogue]; Sharkey et al., 2006: 557 [notes, phylogeny, in tribe Agathidini s.l.]; Sharkey et al., 2009: 34 View Cited Treatment [key, description].

Metriosoma Szépligeti, 1902: 74. Type species: Metriosoma munda Szépligeti, 1902 , by monotypy; Shenefelt, 1970b: 313 [synonym of Agathis View in CoL ]; Sharkey et al., 2006: 557 [synonym of Braunsia View in CoL ].

Lissagathis Cameron, 1911: 245. Type species: Lissagathis bicarinata Cameron, 1911 , by monotypy; Shenefelt, 1970b: 312 [synonym of Agathis ]; Sharkey et al., 2006: 557 [synonym of Braunsia ].

Laccagathis Watanabe, 1934: 121 . Type species: Laccagathis formosana Watanabe, 1934 , by original designation; Shenefelt, 1970b: 419 [catalogue]; Bhat & Gupta, 1977 [key, description]: 47; Chou & Sharkey, 1989: 187 [description]; Sharkey, 1996: 62 [description]; Sharkey et al., 2006: 557 [synonym of Braunsia View in CoL ].

Pholeocephala Achterberg, 1988: 48 . Type species: Pholeocephala lieftincki Achterberg, 1988 , by monotypy; Sharkey et al., 2006: 557 [synonym of Braunsia View in CoL ].

Diagnosis. Length: 8–14 mm; colour: body variable with different combinations of yellow or orange in conjunction with light or dark brown and black; wings with dark and light shaded pattern ( Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 B); interantennal region broad, often largely flat, may possess medial elevated mound (e.g., Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 A); lateral carinae on frons absent; notauli range from totally absent to present, deep and heavily scrobiculate (e.g., Figs 3 View FIGURE 3 A and B); claws simple with basal lobe, are non-pectinate ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 B); mid tibial preapical spines present ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 D); fore wing cell 1–RS mostly quadrate; vein 2–RS2 always present (e.g., Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 B), may be reduced to basal stub only; ovipositor long, always greater than 0.5 metasoma length ( Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 B).

Comments. The Australian fauna contains species that would have previously been placed in Laccagathis, Metriosoma and Pholeocephala prior to these genera being synonymised with Braunsia by Sharkey et al. (2006). The molecular data indicate that Braunsia is closely related to Lytopylus (referred to as the Bassus macadamia group or incorrectly as Bassus s.str. in ( Sharkey et al. 2006). Braunsia species can be distinguished from Lytopylus by the presence of fore wing vein 2–RS2.

Species richness and distribution. Braunsia is not well represented in Australia with only 5–10 species present, two of which are described. All occur in northern Australia in the Timorian and Torresian biogeographic regions.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Loc

Braunsia Kriechbaumer, 1894

Stevens, Nicholas B., Austin, Andrew D. & Jennings, John T. 2010
2010
Loc

Pholeocephala

Sharkey 2006: 557
Achterberg 1988: 48
1988
Loc

Laccagathis

Sharkey 2006: 557
Sharkey 1996: 62
Chou 1989: 187
Shenefelt 1970: 419
Watanabe 1934: 121
1934
Loc

Braunsia

Sharkey 2009: 34
Sharkey 2006: 557
Sharkey 1996: 58
Sharkey 1992: 443
Chou 1989: 175
Bhat 1977: 50
Shenefelt 1970: 370
Turner 1918: 224
Viereck 1914: 24
1914
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