Neognamptodon Belokobylskij, 1999

Tian, Xiao-Xia, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Wu, Jia-Xuan & Tan, Jiang-Li, 2020, New Gnamptodontinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from China and Vietnam, with two genera new for China and seven new species, Zootaxa 4778 (3), pp. 471-508 : 486-487

Neognamptodon Belokobylskij, 1999

( Figs 48–64 )

Neognamptodon Belokobylskij, 1999: 167–168 . Type species (by original designation): Neognamptodon suturalis Belokobylskij, 1999 .

Diagnosis. Antenna with 23–26 antennomeres; occipital carina absent laterally ( Fig. 58 ); pronotum without distinct pronope, only with a transverse crenulated groove ( Figs 57 , 64 ); setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.20–0.35 × as long as fore wing.

Distribution. Afrotropical ( Madagascar), Australian ( Papua New Guinea), Oriental ( China). The genus is new for the Oriental region and for the fauna of China.

Notes. Gnamptodon novobritannicus Fischer, 1971 , from Bismarck Archipelago does not fit in Gnamptodon Haliday because of the presence of the medio-longitudinal carina of the propodeum, the only slightly oblique vein 3-CU1 of fore wing, the well-developed precoxal sulcus, the strongly converging dorsal carinae of the first tergite and the long ovipositor (longer than half length of metasoma). It is transferred to Neognamptodon Belokobylskij , where it fits much better and N. novobritannicus (Fischer, 1971) becomes a new combination.

Figures

FIGURE 48. Neognamptodon laticauda sp. n., ♀, holotype, habitus, lateral aspect.

FIGURES 49–59. Neognamptodon laticauda sp. n., ♀, holotype. 49 wings 50 mesosoma, lateral aspect 51 mesosoma, dorsal aspect 52 propodeum, first–third metasomal tergites, dorsal aspect 53 ovipositor and sheath., lateral aspect 54 apex of antenna 55 base of antenna 56 head, anterior aspect 57 head, dorsal aspect 58 head, lateral aspect 59 hind leg.

FIGURES 60–64. Neognamptodon laticauda sp. n., ♂, paratype. 60 habitus, lateral aspect 61 mesosoma, dorsal aspect 62 wings 63 propodeum, first–third metasomal tergites, dorsal aspect 64 head, dorsal aspect.