A new genus and species of Brachyscleromatinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from China, Laxiareola ochracea

Mao-Ling Shenga*, Shu-Ping Sunb

General Station of Forest Pest Management, State Forestry Administration, Shenyang, Liaoning, 110034, China

Abstract

Laxiareola Sheng and Sun, gen.nov. and Laxiareola ochracea Sheng and Sun, sp.nov. belong to Brachyscleromatinae of the family Ichneumonidae, from the Jiangxi Province in China, are described in the present study. A key to the genera of Brachyscleromatinae is given.

Keywords: Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, key to Brachyscleromatinae, Laxiareola ochracea

Correspondence: a*shengmaoling@163.com, bsfzzssp@163.com, *Corresponding author

Received: 7 January 2010 | Accepted: 6 March 2010 | Published: 8 March 2011

ISSN: 1536-2442 | Volume 11, Number 27

Sheng ML, Sun SP. 2011. A new genus and species of Brachyscleromatinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from China, Laxiareola ochracea. Journal of Insect Science 11:27 available online: insectscience.org/11.27


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