Bobekia Niezabitowski, 1910

Zhang, Ruo-Nan, Achterberg, Cornelis van, Tian, Xiao-Xia & Tan, Jiang-Li, 2020, Review of the Bobekia - group (Braconidae, Alysiinae, Alysiini), with description of a new genus and a new subgenus, ZooKeys 926, pp. 25-51 : 25

Bobekia Niezabitowski, 1910 Figs 26-39

Bobekia Niezabitowski, 1910: 102; Fischer 1971: 137-139 (as synonym of Symphanes Foerster, 1863); Shenefelt 1974: 1020 (id.); Wharton 1980: 68 (id.); van Achterberg 1998: 106 (as valid genus). Type species: Bobekia montana Niezabitowski, 1910, designated by Shenefelt (1974) (= Alysia striolata Thomson, 1895; synonymized by Fischer (1974)) [holotype (PAN) examined].

Neosymphanes Belokobylskij, 1998: 294 (as subgenus of Symphanes Foerster, 1863). Type species (by original designation): Alysia striolata Thomson, 1895 [holotype (ZIL) examined]. Syn. nov.

Notes.

A small genus with species from the Palaearctic and Afrotropical regions of which the type species and only named Palaearctic species has been reared from Agromyzidae ( Yu et al. 2016). One of us (CvA) has seen Afrotropical specimens (RMNH) reared from mining Muscidae ( Atherigona sp.). Unfortunately, host specimens were not retained and no additional data exists on how the specimens were reared.

As indicated by van Achterberg (1998), the genus Symphanes Foerster, 1863, is morphologically heterogeneous and does not belong to the Bobekia -group. Also, Bobekia is a separate genus from Symphanes . Symphanes is excluded because of the absence of a distinct dorsope in the first metasomal tergite (distinctly developed in Bobekia ), tarsal claws angulate (evenly curved in Bobekia ), first subdiscal cell of fore wing narrowly open (closed in Bobekia ), and third antennal segment slightly longer than fourth segment (slightly shorter in Bobekia ). Neosymphanes is a junior synonym of Bobekia because they share the same type species, Bobekia montana Niezabitowski, 1910, which was synonymized with Alysia striolata Thomson, 1895 by Fischer (1974). The differences between the types of B. montana and A. striolata are minimal: the ovipositor sheath is more retracted in A. striolata and vein 3-CU1 of the fore wing is distinctly longer than CU1b in B. montana (Fig. 36 ) and about equal in A. striolata .

Figures

Figures 26 - 39. Bobekia montana Niezabitowski, ♀, holotype 26 wings 27 first-third metasomal tergites, dorsal aspect 28 head, dorsal aspect 29 mesosoma, dorsal aspect 30 hind leg 31 head, anterior aspect 32 mandible, full view of third tooth (fourth tooth arrowed) 33 outer hind claw, lateral aspect 34 basal antennal segments 35 apical antennal segment 36 detail of first subdiscal cell of fore wing 37 antenna 38 habitus, lateral aspect 39 mandible, full view of first tooth.