Testudobracon Quicke

Sheeba, M., Ranjith, A. P. & Narendran, T. C., 2017, Review of Testudobracon Quicke (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with descriptions of four new species from south India, Zootaxa 4232 (3), pp. 331-346 : 332

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.3.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6021707
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scientific name	Testudobracon Quicke
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Testudobracon Quicke View in CoL View at ENA

Testudobracon Quicke 1986: 25 View in CoL –27; Quicke 1987: 133. Type species: Testudobracon niger Quicke View in CoL

Diagnosis. Head transverse. Face with a distinct mid longitudinal ridge dorsally. Frons with a mid longitudinal groove. Middle lobe of mesoscutum with a pair of submedial longitudinal grooves anteriorly. Notauli deeply impressed along entire length of mesoscutum. Propodeum with a complete mid longitudinal carina. Second submarginal cell of fore wing short and narrowing distally. Second metasomal tergite produced antero-ventrally and with a small area of reduced sculpture midbasally. Third to sixth metasomal tergites roundly produced posterolaterally. Sixth metasomal tergite deeply emarginated medially. Ovipositor with a pre-apical dorsal nodus and ventral serrations.

Hosts. The members of the genus Testudobracon are ectoparasitoids of gall inducing cecidomyiid Diptera, especially Asphonolylini ( Quicke 1986; Maetô 1991).

Distribution: Australian, East Palaearctic and Oriental regions.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Braconidae