Gymnobracon
Small genus with large specimens (perhaps some of the largest braconids). It contains around 10 species with more to be described [1].
The synonyms currently recognized are:
Rutheia Szépligeti, 1908b (synonymized by Marsh in 1993)
Ipospathius Enderlein 1920(1918) (synonymized with Rutheia by Shenefelt & Marsh in 1976)
References
- , “Taxapad 2012, Ichneumonoidea 2011. Database on flash-drive.”. www.taxapad.com, Ottawa, Canada., 2012.
Unknown.
Large species, 9.0-25.0 mm; brightly colored species, orange and black or dark red and black, with banded wings or entirely dark dusky wings; first flagellomere slightly shorter than scape and pedicel combined and shorter than second flagellomere; frons depressed; malar space short, usually 0.15-0.25 eye height; occipital carina not reaching hypostomal carina; mesosoma usually smooth and shining, without distinct sculpturing except propodeum which is occasionally sculptured; fore tibia with double row of 10-15 stout spines along anterior edge and 3-5 stout spines at inner apex; hind coxa distinctly angled at base,with or without antero-ventral basal tubercle; fore wing vein r-m present, first subdiscal cell closed by vein 2cu-a; hind wing vein M+CU about 0.25-0.33 length of vein 1M; first metasomal tergum rectangular or long and narrow, often parallel sided, with more or less distinct downward projecting sharp tooth at each side at base, basal sternal plate length of tergum (occasionally nearly 0.33 length), dorsope strong and deep; second tergum with triangular or semicircular area at base delimited by smooth or scrobiculate grooves [1].
References
- , The Doryctinae of Costa Rica (excluding the genus Heterospilus), vol. 70, 1 vol. Gainsville, Fl.: American Entomological Institute, 2002, p. 319.
It is close to Osmophila but is distinguished by the shorter first flagellomere. Some species are also similar to Trigonophasmus but are distinguished by their shorter first flagellomere and the shorter pronotum.
Afrotropical, Neotropical.