Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Braconidae

Exoryza schoenobii (Wilkinson, 1932)

Exoryza schoenobii (Wilkinson, 1932): 142. Original description.

Holotype.

Female, BMNH (not examined). INDIA: 'South India, Hebbal Farm’ .

Description.

Detailed descriptions of the species and images are available in Mason (1981) and Valerio et al. (2004).

Biology.

Reared from Pyraloidea ( Chilo polychrysa, Chilo supressalis, Glaucocharis reniell a, Schoenobius bipunctifer, and Scirpophaga incertulas) (Yu et al. 2012).

Distribution.

Bangladesh, China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan Island, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), India, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam (references summarized in Yu et al. 2012).

Comments.

Although the holotype was not examined, we studied two CNC specimens that were compared with the holotype by Mason (Mason 1981, Valerio et al. 2004).