Testudobracon Quicke 1986
Creators: name: Mai, Pham Quynh
name: Long, Khuat Dang
name: Hiep, Nguyen Duc
name: Hoa, Dang Thi
name: Duong, Tran Dinh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Testudobracon

description: Genus Testudobracon Quicke, 1986: 25 & 1987: 133.
Type-species: Testudobracon niger Quicke, 1986 (original description).
Checklist and distribution of Testudobracon species in alphabetical order
Testudobracon alius Long, sp. nov.. Oriental: Vietnam
Testudobracon asphondyliae Haider & Shujauddin, 2004. Oriental: India
Testudobracon athashi Ranjith, 2017. Oriental: India
Testudobracon australicolorus Quicke & Ingram, 1993. Australasian: Australia-Queensland
Testudobracon flavus Wang, Chen & He, 2003. Eastern Palaearctic: China; Oriental: China, Vietnam Testudobracon descensus Long, sp. nov.. Oriental: Vietnam
Testudobracon gibbosa Yang & Chen, 2006. Oriental: China
Testudobracon grandiventris Wang, Chen & He, 2003. Oriental: China
Testudobracon guangxinensis Wang, Chen & He, 2003. Oriental: China
Testudobracon imitator Long, sp. nov.. Oriental: Vietnam
Testudobracon longicaudis Maeto, 1991. Eastern Palaearctic: Japan
Testudobracon malabaricus Sheeba, 2017. Oriental: India
Testudobracon niger Quicke, 1986. Oriental: Indonesia (Java)
Testudobracon phiaoacus Long & PQMai, sp. nov.. Oriental: Vietnam
Testudobracon pleuralis (Ashmead,1906). Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental: China, Japan
Testudobracon shameeri Ranjith, 2017. Oriental: India
Testudobracon tatyanae Quicke & Ingram, 1993. Australasian: Australia-Queensland
Testudobracon travencorensis Sheeba, 2017. Oriental: India
Testudobracon unicolorus Quicke & Ingram, 1993. Australasian: Australia; Oriental: China
Testudobracon watanabei Yang & Chen, 2006. Oriental: China
Key to Testudobracon species (*) from Vietnam
Based on females, the differences between Vietnamese species are keyed below:
1. In dorsal view, postero-lateral protuberance of sixth metasomal tergite hardly visible (Figs 4h, 8g, 9c); vein 3-SR of fore wing 0.8–1.1 × vein 2-SR; pterostigma rather long, 2.2–2.4 × as long as wide medially (Figs 3, 7, 9e)....................... 2
- In dorsal view, postero-lateral protuberance of sixth metasomal tergite distinctly visible (Figs 2g, 6c); vein 3-SR of fore wing 1.4 × vein 2-SR; pterostigma broad 2.7 × as long as wide medially (Figs 2h, 6i).................................... 4
2. In lateral view, third–fifth metasomal tergites with distinctly rounded postero-lateral lobe like protuberances (Fig. 9b); metasomal tergites without blackish spots; antennae yellow. China, Vietnam ...... Testudobracon flavus Wang, Chen & He
- In lateral view, third-fifth metasomal tergites with oblique postero-lateral lobe like protuberances (Figs 4g, 8h); metasomal tergites with blackish spots (Figs 3, 8c); antennae brown...................................................... 3
3. Vein 3-SR of fore wing distinctly shorter (0.8 ×) than vein 2-SR (Fig. 4k); second metasomal tergite distinctly longer third tergite (Fig. 4c); ovipositor abruptly bent (curved) dowwards subapically (Fig. 4i), slightly longer than metasoma in lateral view (Fig. 3), and apico-ventrally without serrations, but subapico-ventrally with serrations before ovipositor incision (Fig. 4i); mesopleuron largely black dorsally (Fig. 4f); mesosternum blackish brown............................................................................................................ Testudobracon descensus Long, sp. nov.
- Vein 3-SR of fore wing slightly longer (1.1 ×) than vein 2-SR (Fig. 8k); second metasomal tergite as long as third tergite (Fig. 8c); ovipositor straight (Fig. 8i), subequal to metasoma in lateral view, and apico-ventrally with serrations (Fig. 7); mesopleuron and mesosternum reddish yellow (Fig. 8f)......................... Testudobracon phiaoacus Long & PQMai, sp. nov.
4. Apex of lateral lobes third-fourth sharp (Fig. 6g); third metasomal tergite 2.8 × wider than long; apical median emagination (incision) of sixth metasomal tergite deep, touching basal sulcus of the tergite (Fig. 6c); ovipositor abruptly bent (curved) dowwards subapically, subapico-ventrally with serrations before ovipositor incision (Fig. 5); prescutellar sulcus with 6 carinae (Fig. 6d).............................................................. Testudobracon imitator Long, sp. nov.
- Apex of lateral lobes third-fourth blunt (Fig. 2c); third metasomal tergite 2.5 × wider than long; apical median emagination (incision) of sixth metasomal tergite not touching basal sulcus of the tergite, 0.6 × as long as tergite medially (Fig. 2g); ovipositor straight, and apico-ventrally with serrations (Fig. 1); prescutellar sulcus with 8–9 carinae (Fig. 2a)..................................................................................... Testudobracon alius Long, sp. nov.
(*) Notes. The previously known Testudobracon species of the world were keyed by Sheeba et al. (2017).
description: Published as part of Mai, Pham Quynh, Long, Khuat Dang, Hiep, Nguyen Duc, Hoa, Dang Thi & Duong, Tran Dinh, 2023, First record of the genus Testudobracon Quicke, 1986 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) in Vietnam, with description of four new species, pp. 485-500 in Zootaxa 5244 (5) on pages 486-487, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5244.5.5, http://zenodo.org/record/7663880