The genera Areopraon Mackauer, 1959 and Pseudopraon Starý, 1975 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) from China, with keys to species

Abstract

Two genera, Areopraon Mackauer, 1959 and Pseudopraon Starý, 1975, are newly recorded from China in this paper. Two new species, namely A.chui Tian & Chen, sp. n. and P.hei Tian & Chen, sp. n., are described and illustrated. Keys to the known species of these two genera are provided.

Sizing the Knowledge Gap in Taxonomy: The Last Dozen Years of Aphidiinae Research

“…Revision of the world Monoctonina Mackauer, 1961, is the only revision on the subtribe level, and included all available species [53,57]. Several genera with fewer species were also reviewed: Monoctonia Starý, 1962 [42], Lipolexis Foerster, 1862 [55], Areopraon Mackauer, 1959 [49], Pseudopraon Starý, 1975 [49], Paralipsis Foerster, 1862 [44,51],…”

“…In the last dozen years, there were 40 papers published in which the authors provided identification keys for Aphidiinae genera and species. The studies can be divided according to subject into several groups: (1) identification keys for Aphidiinae from specific (local) areas: from the Middle East and North Africa [86], Iran [33,86 and references therein], Malta [115], Argentina [116], Pakistan [117,118], Australia [78], Costa Rica [119], Serbia [69], and China [120]; (2) identification keys for species within tribes [120], subtribes [53], genera [16,42,44,47,[49][50][51][52]55,108,112,121], and species complexes [111]; and (3) identification keys for Aphidiinae species related to specific aphids [30], plants [32,36,[122][123][124][125][126][127], and habitats [128].…”