Braunsia Kriechbaumer, 1894

Sharkey, Michael, Yu, Dicky, van Noort, Simon, Seltmann, Katja & Penev, Lyubomir, 2009, Revision of the Oriental genera of Agathidinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with an emphasis on Thailand and interactive keys to genera published in three different formats, ZooKeys 21 (2), pp. 19-54 : 34-35

Braunsia Kriechbaumer, 1894

Type species: Braunsia bicolor Kriechbaumer, 1894 .

Metriosoma Szépligeti, 1902 , synonymized by Sharkey et al. (2006). Type species: Metriosoma munda Szépligeti, 1902 .

Lissagathis Cameron, 1911 , synonymized by Sharkey et al. (2006). Type species: Lissagathis bicarinata Cameron, 1911 .

Laccagathis Watanabe, 1934 , synonymized by Sharkey et al. (2006). Type species: Laccagathis formosana Watanabe, 1934 .

Pholeocephala van Achterberg, 1988 , synonymized by Sharkey et al. (2006). Type species: Pholeocephala lieftincki van Achterberg, 1988 .

Distribution: Old world tropical, including African, Oriental, and Australian regions. Bhat and Gupta (1977) separated the genus Laccagathis , which is here considered a junior synonym (following Sharkey et al. 2006). No specimens are recorded from Th ailand, but we have collected two species.

Diversity: 68 species are described world-wide and 26 are known from the Oriental region (Yu et. al. 2005).

Biology: Most host records are on Pyralidae , with one record each for Lasiocampidae and Noctuidae that need confirmation.

Phylogenetic Information. Sister to Lytopylus (as Bassus s.s. in Sharkey et al. 2006).

Figure 2I. Braunsia sp. a lateral habitus b forewing

Diagnosis: Metasomal median tergite 3 with longitudinal striae (as in Fig. 14a), first median tergite with prominent lateral longitudinal carinae; second submarginal cell with an adventitious 2 RS vein (Figs. 15b, 21b).