Sericobracon, Shaw, 1985

Zaldívar-Riverón, Alejandro, Castañeda-Osorio, Rubén & Shaw, Scott R., 2025, Three new species and phylogenetic affinity of the neotropical genus Sericobracon Shaw (Braconidae: Doryctinae), Zootaxa 5613 (1), pp. 171-185 : 182

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5613.1.9

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15223940

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D787AF-151C-FFEE-FF23-FF7DFA6BFD8F

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scientific name

Sericobracon
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Key to described species of Sericobracon View in CoL

1. Mesopleuron mostly smooth (as in Fig. 5D View FIGURE 5 )................................................................ 2

- Mesopleuron mostly coriaceous (as in Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3 )............................................................. 3

2. Second metasomal tergite with posterior border of longitudinally striate area broadly “V” shaped and shortest medially ( Fig. 4E View FIGURE 4 ); notauli becoming obscure before end of mesoscutum in a median longitudinally striate area ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 )................................................................................................. S. paulmarshi sp. nov.

- Second metasomal tergite with posterior border of longitudinally striate area linear, running straight across the segment, not “V” shaped ( Fig. 5E View FIGURE 5 ); notauli becoming obscure before end of mesoscutum in a slightly rugose area ( Fig. 5C View FIGURE 5 )................................................................................................ S. puravida sp. nov.

3. Propleuron, pronotum and most part of mesopleuron whitish yellow to honey yellow ( Fig. 6D View FIGURE 6 )......... S. zunigai sp. nov.

- Propleuron, pronotum and most part of mesopleuron mostly dark brown or black (as in Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3 )...................... 4

4. First metasomal tergite longitudinally striate; metapleuron mostly strongly rugose-areolate ( Fig. 2D View FIGURE 2 )... S. arimaensis Shaw View in CoL

- First metasomal tergite smooth to slightly longitudinally striate ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 ); metapleuron coriaceous-slightly rugose ( Figs. 3A, B View FIGURE 3 )...................................................................................... S. evansi Shaw View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

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