Biosteres
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Braconidae
Name
Biosteres Foerster, 1862 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Biosteres Foerster, 1862: 259; Fischer, 1972b: 485. Type species (by original designation): Bracon carbonarius Nees, 1834.
- Rhinoplus Foerster, 1862: 258; Fischer 1972b[1]: 540; Wharton 1988[2]: 350 (synonymy). Type species (by original designation): Rhinoplus laevigatus Foerster, 1862 [examined].
- Rhabdospilus Foerster, 1862: 259; Fischer 1972b[1]: 485. Type species (by original designation): Opius placidus Haliday, 1837 [examined].
- Zetetes Foerster, 1862: 258; Fischer 1972b[1]: 486. Type species (by original designation): Zetetes ultor Foerster, 1862 [examined].
- Stenospilus Foerster, 1862: 259. Type species (by original designation): Stenospilus vagator Foerster, 1862 [= Opius bicolor Wesmael, 1835; examined].
- Opiellus Ashmead, 1900c: 368; Fischer 1972b[1]: 486 (new name for Zetetus). Type species (by implication): Zetetes ultor Foerster, 1862.
- Celiestiella Cameron, 1903: 343; Fischer 1972b[1]: 486. Type species (by monotypy): Celiestiella testaceipes Cameron, 1903 [examined].
Diagnosis
Hypoclypeal depression absent or narrow, and medially ventral margin of clypeus near upper level of condyli of mandibles (“mouth closed”); clypeus comparatively sparsely and short setose, if rather long and dense then clypeus flattened; mandible with ventro-basal carina, rarely obsolescent or on a small protuberance (resembling a small tooth); epistomal suture present; if suture is shallow then basal half of vein M+CU1 of fore wing largely unsclerotized; vein 3-SR of fore wing 1.3 times vein 2-SR or less, if rarely 1.4-1.5 times then pronope very large or pterostigma triangular; mesosternum normal, much longer than fore coxa; hind coxae normal, rounded ventrally; second-fourth tarsal segments comparatively slender; telotarsus and arolium not enlarged; dorsope usually large and close to lateral margin of first tergite; hypopygium of female at most slightly incised.
Biology
Parasitoids of Anthomyiidae and Scathophagidae.
Distribution
Holarctic, Neotropical, Oriental, Australian.
Taxon Treatment
- Li, X; Achterberg, C; Tan, J; 2013: Revision of the subfamily Opiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from Hunan (China), including thirty-six new species and two new genera ZooKeys, 268: 1-186. doi
