Fopius Wharton, 1987

Li, Xi-Ying, Achterberg, Cornelis van & Tan, Ji-Cai, 2013, Revision of the subfamily Opiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from Hunan (China), including thirty-six new species and two new genera, ZooKeys 268, pp. 1-186 : 36

Genus Fopius Wharton, 1987 Figs 85-94

Fopius Wharton, 1987: 68-69(as subgenus of Rhynchosteres Fischer, 1965), 1988: 353, 1997: 16-19 (genus rank), 1999: 50 (review with matrix of character states); van Achterberg and Maetô 1990: 60 (genus rank). Type species (by original designation): Rhynchosteres (Fopius) silvestrii Wharton, 1987 [examined].

Diagnosis.

Face without tubercles; propleuron with short subapical carina; clypeus more or less convex ventrally and comparatively high, without distinct hypoclypeal depression, at most with a narrow slit (Fig. 91); mandible robust (Fig. 93); occipital carina near level of middle of eye straight or nearly so, without transverse carina or crest; scapus, fore coxa and trochanter at most weakly compressed; epistomal suture without large depressions; scutellar sulcus wide (Fig. 85); postpectal carina more or less developed medio-ventrally; vein 2-SR of fore wing present; first subdiscal cell of fore wing closed by vein 3-CU1 and short vein CU1b postero-apically (Fig. 86); vein cu-a of hind wing present (Fig. 86); vein 3-SR of fore wing shorter than vein 2-SR; vein m-cu of hind wing present as a weakly pigmented trace (Fig. 86); precoxal sulcus present; vein m-cu of fore wing antefurcal or interstitial; length of fore wing usually more than 3 mm; dorsope of first tergite more or less present (Fig. 86); fourth tergite exposed; third tergite (largely) smooth; ovipositor long, usually as long as fore wing or longer.

Biology.

Parasitoids of Tephritidae , at least partly ovo-larval ( Wharton 1997).