Bracon (Glabrobracon) isomera (Cushman, 1931)

Li, Yang, He, Jun-hua & Chen, Xue-xin, 2020, The subgenera Glabrobracon Fahringer, Lucobracon Fahringer and Uncobracon Papp of the genus Bracon Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Braconinae) in China, with the description of eleven new species, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 67 (2), pp. 209-252 : 209

Bracon (Glabrobracon) isomera (Cushman, 1931) Figs 3 , 4

Microbracon isomera Cushman, 1931: 16; Chu 1935: 25.

Bracon isomera (Cushman): Fahringer 1934: 338; Watanabe 1935: 43, 1937: 25; Shenefelt 1978: 1496; Chu et al. 1978: 50; You et al. 1994: 112; You et al. 2000: 395; He et al. 2004: 562; Chen and Yang 2006: 67.

Bracon (Glabrobracon) isomera (Cushman): Papp 1996: 154.

Material.

1♀, China, Jiangsu Prov., Sheyang, ?.?.1957, Ren Xiaokuan, No. 5793.6, host: Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844) ( ZJUH); 6♀♀1♂, China, Zhejiang Prov., Xiaoshan, 5.VIII.1963, Ruan Yili, No. 63057.4, host: Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844) ( ZJUH); 2♀♀, China, Zhejiang Prov., Xiaoshan, 5.VIII.1963, Ruan Yili, No. 6315.1, host: Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844) ( ZJUH); 5♀♀4♂♂, China, Zhejiang Prov., Xiaoshan, 21-31.VII.1964, Jin Dengdi, No. 64055.8, 64056.3, host: Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844) ( ZJUH); 4♀♀2♂♂, China, Zhejiang Prov., Xiaoshan, ?.?.1963, Jin Dengdi, No. 73016.15, host: Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844) ( ZJUH); 1♀1♂, China, Zhejiang Prov., Xiaoshan, 20.VI.1979, Gao Wenbin, No. 790681, host: Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844) ( ZJUH); 3♀♀, China, Zhejiang Prov., Cixi, ?.X.1964, Chen Qihu, No. 64061.7, 64061.9, host: Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844) ( ZJUH); 7♀♀, China, Shanghai, ?.?.1978, Zhang Xuefang, No. 780745, 780746, 780747, 780748, host: Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844) ( ZJUH); 1♀1♂, China, Hubei Prov., Jingzhou, ?.?.1963, Wu Sixun, No. 63059.8, host: Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844) ( ZJUH); 2♀♀, China, Hubei Prov., Mianyang, ?.?.1976-77, Mao Hongshu, No. 780069, host: Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844) ( ZJUH).

Biology.

Parasitoid of Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844) ( Cushman 1931; Watanabe 1935, 1937; You et al. 1994).

Distribution.

China (Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Sichuan, Zhejiang); Korea.

Note.

Li (1935) reported this species from Jiangsu and Zhejiang and Chu et al. (1978) from Zhejiang. He and Wang (1987) also reported species from Zhejiang; You et al. (1994) reported this species from Hunan, He et al. (2004) from Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Sichuan and Zhejiang and Chen and Yang (2006) from Fujian and Hubei.

Figures

Figure 3. Bracon (Glabrobracon) isomera (Cushman, 1931), ♀, habitus lateral.

Figure 4. Bracon (Glabrobracon) isomera (Cushman, 1931). ♀. 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. Apex of ovipositor, lateral view.