Sericobracon
A small genus with 2 species described [1].
References
- , “Taxapad 2012, Ichneumonoidea 2011. Database on flash-drive.”. www.taxapad.com, Ottawa, Canada., 2012.
One species have been reared from silk web of Embiidae [1].
References
- , “A new braconid genus (Hymenoptera) parasitizing webspinners (Embiidina) in Trinidad.”, Psyche (Cambridge), vol. 92, no. 4, pp. 505-512, 1985.
Head. Head subcubical, broader than long; lower clypeal margin truncate; labrum glabrous, slightly concave; mandibles shorter than 1/2 malar space, barely meeting at tips when closed; maxillary palpi 6-segmented; labial palpi 4-segmented; vertex strigate; occipital carina present.
Mesosoma. Mesonotal lobes coriaceous, notauli scrobiculate, meeting posteriorly in a wide rugose area; scutelar disc smooth; scutellar furrow 4-6 foveate; mesopleuron coriaceous, subalar furrow and sternaulus scrobiculate; prepectal carina present; propodeum with basal carina, fork of basal carina, and lateral carinae well developed, basolateral areas smooth; fore tibia apparently without stout spines or pegs; hind coxa with anteroventral tubercle.
Wings. Fore wing with two intercubital crossveins, although second intercubitus is mostly desclerotized; first intercubitus desclerotized at lower end; recurrent vein entering first cubital cell; brachial cell open apically; hind wing with radiella, cubitella, postnervellus, nervellus, and submediella absent.
Metasoma. Dorsope present; fused terga 2+3 with 2 transverse scrobiculata furrows, the anterior furrow separating terga 2 and 3, the posterior furrow bisecting tergum 3; terga 3-7 smooth and shining; 6 or 7 exposed terga; ovipositor length varying from 0.6 to 1.2 x metasoma length (excluding ovipositor) [1].
References
- , “A new braconid genus (Hymenoptera) parasitizing webspinners (Embiidina) in Trinidad.”, Psyche (Cambridge), vol. 92, no. 4, pp. 505-512, 1985.
Neotropical.