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Key to Old World species of Pseudognaptodon Fischer 1. Pterostigma slender and vein r emitted distinctly before middle of pterostigma (Fig. 33 in Belokobylskij 1992); vein 3-SR+SR1 of fore wing nearly straight; first tergite subparallel-sided posteriorly; first and second tergites largely longitudinally striate; 4 (♂)���5 (♀) basal antennal segments yellow; mesosoma light brown dorsally; [basal area of second tergite 0.1 �� as long as com- bined second and third tergites and smooth; eye in dorsal view 1.8���2.2 �� as long as temple; first and second metasomal tergites yellow dorsally; second metasomal suture smooth (Fig. 32 l. c.)]....................... P. ruficeps Belokobylskij, 1993 - Pterostigma robust and vein r usually emitted near middle of pterostigma or slightly before middle (Figs 2, 14, 25, 37); vein 3- SR+SR1 of fore wing distinctly curved, at least basally so (Figs 2, 14, 25, 37); first tergite gradually widened posteriorly (Figs 5, 40); first and second tergites largely smooth, rugulose or rugose (Figs 5, 18, 29, 40); either only scapus yellow (Fig. 45), or 4 basal antennal segments yellowish (Figs 10, 22) and mesosoma dorsally largely or entirely black or dark brown (Figs 4, 17)................................................................................................... 2 2. Vein 1-R1 1.2���1.5 �� longer than pterostigma (Figs 2, 14); frons granulate (Figs 8, 20); episternal scrobe present, linear (Figs 1, 12); vein 2-M of fore wing at least as long as vein 2-SR (Figs 2, 14); face yellowish brown; basal area of second metasomal tergite smooth (Figs 5, 16); Oriental (Vietnam).............................................................. 3 - Vein 1-R1 0.8���1.0 �� as long as pterostigma (Figs 25, 37); frons rugulose or aciculate (Figs 32, 43); episternal scrobe absent (Figs 24, 36); vein 2-M of fore wing at least slightly shorter than vein 2-SR (Fig. 25); face dark brown or yellowish (Figs 31, 42), if yellowish then basal area of second tergite sculptured (Fig. 40)............................................ 4 3 Vein 3-SR+SR1 of fore wing evenly curved (Fig. 14); two basal metasomal tergites brownish yellow (Fig. 18); occiput medially and mesopleuron yellowish brown (Figs 15, 20)................................ P. curvinervis van Achterberg, sp. n. - Vein 3-SR+SR1 of fore wing only basally distinctly curved (Fig. 2); two basal metasomal tergites black (Fig. 5); occiput dark brown medially (Fig. 8) and mesopleuron black (Fig. 3)......................... P. bidoupensis van Achterberg, sp. n. 4 Basal area of second tergite rugose-punctate and 0.10 �� as long as combined second and third tergites (Fig. 40); vein 3-SR+SR1 of fore wing distinctly curved basally (Fig. 37); eye in dorsal view approx. 9.5 �� as long as temple, temple directly narrowed posteriorly (Fig. 43); first and second metasomal tergites black dorsally; second metasomal suture obsolescent medially (Fig. 40); scutellar sulcus distinctly crenulate (Fig. 39); vertex aciculate (Fig. 43); antenna with approx. 30 segments; length of body approx. 2.6 mm; Palaearctic (China)..................................... P. sinensis Tan & van Achterberg, sp. n. - Basal area of second tergite smooth and 0.15 �� as long as combined second and third tergites (Fig. 29); vein 3-SR+SR1 of fore wing entirely evenly curved (Fig. 25); eye in dorsal view approx. 3.5 �� as long as temple, temple gradually narrowed posteriorly (Fig. 32); second metasomal suture distinctly impressed medially (Fig. 29); scutellar sulcus almost smooth (Fig. 28); vertex rugulose (Fig. 32); antenna with approx. 19 segments; length of body approx. 1.5 mm; [vein 1-R1 slightly shorter than pterostigma]; Oriental (Vietnam)................................................. P. longi van Achterberg, sp. n., Published as part of Tian, Xiao-Xia, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Wu, Jia-Xuan & Tan, Jiang-Li, 2020, New Gnamptodontinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from China and Vietnam, with two genera new for China and seven new species, pp. 471-508 in Zootaxa 4778 (3) on page 475, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3828694

Neognamptodon laticauda Tan & van Achterberg, sp. n. (Figs 48���64) Type material. Holotype, ♀ (NWUX), ���SW. China: Yunnan, Yaoqu, Menglun, c. 540 m, 5.x.2010, 21��93���N 101��26���E, Jiangli Tan, NWUX ���. Paratype: 1 ♂ (NWUX), ���SW. China: Yunnan, Yaoqu, Mengla, c. 1200 m, 28.ix.2010, 21��74���N 101��46���E, Jiangli Tan, NWUX ���. Diagnosis. Antenna of ♀ with approx. 23 antennomeres; mesoscutum with long groove-like medio-posterior depression and anterior half of notauli smooth (Fig. 51); mesosoma dark brown; vein 3-SR of fore wing 2.2���3.0 �� as long as vein r (Figs 49, 62); dorsal carinae of first tergite united basally (Figs 52, 63); basal area of second metasomal tergite transverse and medially 0.13���0.15 �� as long as wide anteriorly; area behind basal area of second tergite of ♀ coarsely crenulate (Fig. 52); setose part of ovipositor sheath approx. 0.35 �� as long as fore wing. Description. Holotype, ♀, length of fore wing 2.0 mm, and of body 2.1 mm. Head. Antenna with 23 antennomeres, scapus longer dorsally than ventrally, length of third antennomere 1.3 �� fourth antennomere, third, fourth and penultimate antennomeres 3.8, 3.0 and 2.6 �� as long as wide, respectively (Figs 54, 55); maxillary and labial palpi with 6 and 3 segments, respectively; length of maxillary palp equal to height of head; temple smooth; hypostomal flange narrow (Fig. 58); eye 3.6 �� as long as temple in dorsal view; temples directly narrowed behind eyes; OOL:diameter of posterior ocellus:POL = 42:19:19; vertex and frons smooth and shiny, without median groove; face smooth, shiny and convex (Fig. 56); clypeus truncate medially, slightly protruding and ventral rim thin, medially punctulate and shiny; hypoclypeal depression 0.4 �� as wide as face, wide and deep; malar suture absent; length of malar space 1.2 �� basal width of mandible; mandible flat medially and smooth, strongly narrowed and twisted apically and ventro-basally widened (Fig. 58). Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.5 �� its height; pronotum subhorizontal anteriorly, antescutal depression absent, with narrow crenulated groove and with anterior lamella medially widened (Fig. 57); side of pronotum smooth, but oblique groove finely crenulate (Fig. 50); mesopleuron convex, shiny and smooth; precoxal sulcus present submedially as finely crenulate oblique groove; episternal scrobe large and linear (Fig. 50); pleural sulcus crenulate; mesosternal suture deep and finely crenulate; notauli nearly complete, smooth and distinctly impressed, and posteriorly with medium-sized longitudinal groove in between (Fig. 51); with some setae along notauli and on middle lobe of mesoscutum, mesoscutal lobes distinctly convex, strongly shiny and smooth; scutellar sulcus distinctly crenulate (Fig. 51); scutellum wide triangular, slightly convex, smooth, setose and shiny; metapleuron largely smooth and setose; propodeum evenly convex, largely rugulose, medio-longitudinal carina long and posteriorly connected to a small areola (Fig. 51). Wings. Fore wing: pterostigma elongate triangular (Fig. 49); 1-M straight; 1-SR longer than wide; 1-SR+M present anteriorly; 1-R1 1.7 �� longer than pterostigma; vein r emitted near middle of pterostigma and slender; r:3-SR:SR1:2-SR = 9:20:98:23; vein SR1 straight; m-cu distinctly antefurcal; 1-CU1 widened, shorter than cu-a; 1-CU1:2-CU1 = 1:17; CU1b complete, medium-sized; basal and subbasal cells of fore wing similarly setose as other cells. Hind wing: M+CU:1-M:1r-m = 9:43:14; basal and subbasal cells similarly setose as other cells; m-cu absent. Legs. Hind coxa smooth; tarsal claws rather robust and simple (Fig. 59); length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 4.6, 11.3 and 9.0 �� as long as their maximum width; hind tibial spurs 0.20 and 0.25 �� as long as basitarsus. Metasoma. First tergite 0.8 �� longer than its apical width, gradually widened apically, convex, reticulate-rugulose, shiny, dorsope absent, its dorsal carinae united basally (Fig. 52); first tergite laterally with deep and round laterope in smooth glymma; second and third tergites mainly reticulate-rugulose (including basal area, but behind area crenulate, third tergite becoming granulate posteriorly) and third tergite with antero-lateral grooves (Fig. 52); basal area of second tergite transverse, narrow, reticulate-rugulose and medially approx. 0.15 �� as long as wide anteriorly and 0.07 �� as long as combined second and third tergites; second metasomal suture distinct medially and finely crenulate; epipleura of second���third tergites semi-transparent; fourth and fifth tergites largely finely granulate; ovipositor sheath widened apically (Fig. 53) and its apex rounded, setose part 0.33 �� as long as fore wing, 2.4 �� first tergite and 2.1 �� hind basitarsus; ovipositor compressed and both valves subapically widened, resulting in a distinct subapical nodus (Fig. 53). Colour. Dark brown; palpi whitish; scapus, tegulae, legs (but telotarsi infuscated) and metasoma ventrally pale yellowish; head (but stemmaticum dark brown), propleuron, pronotum anteriorly, mesopleuron antero-dorsally and apical third of metasoma yellowish brown; pterostigma and most veins of fore wing (except basally) brown (Fig. 49); wing membrane subhyaline. Male. Length of fore wing 1.7 mm, and of body 1.6 mm; vein 1-R1 1.3 �� as long as pterostigma; vein 3-SR of fore wing 3.0 �� as long as vein r (Fig. 62); length of first tergite 0.8 �� longer than its apical width; very similar but less sculptured than female (especially propodeum and metasoma behind second tergite: Fig. 63). Etymology. Named after the broadened ovipositor; ���latus��� is Latin for ���broad��� and ���cauda��� is Latin for ���tail, appendage���. Distribution. Oriental: China (Yunnan). Collected in submontane and montane forest at 540���1200 m., Published as part of Tian, Xiao-Xia, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Wu, Jia-Xuan & Tan, Jiang-Li, 2020, New Gnamptodontinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from China and Vietnam, with two genera new for China and seven new species, pp. 471-508 in Zootaxa 4778 (3) on pages 487-491, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3828694

Key to species of Tamdaona Belobobylskij 1 Basal area of second metasomal tergite triangular and medially 0.20 �� as long as wide anteriorly, mainly punctate and distinctly protruding medio-posteriorly (Fig. 87); propodeum steep posteriorly (Fig. 83); second tergite less transverse and 1.5 �� as long as third tergite (Fig. 87); second metasomal suture narrow medially (Fig. 87); notauli narrow anteriorly (Fig. 85); [setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.15���0.20 �� as long as fore wing]................................. T. janus Belokobylskij, 1994 - Basal area of second metasomal tergite transverse, narrow triangular or circular and medially 0.10���0.15 �� as long as wide anteriorly, entirely sculptured and hardly or not protruding medio-posteriorly (Figs 71, 93, 104); propodeum gradually lowered posteriorly (Figs 65, 89, 100); second tergite more transverse and 1.2���1.3 �� as long as third tergite (Figs 71, 93, 104); second metasomal suture wider medially (Figs 71, 93, 104); notauli wider anteriorly (Figs 70, 92, 103)....................... 2 2 Vein 3-SR of fore wing about twice as long as vein r (Fig. 101); mesosoma ventrally and posteriorly black (Fig. 102); fourth and fifth metasomal tergites distinctly sculptured (Fig. 104); vein 1-R1 slightly longer than pterostigma (Fig. 101); frons with medio-longitudinal depression (Fig. 108); [setose part of ovipositor sheath approx. 0.23 �� as long as fore wing]................................................................................ T. sculpturata van Achterberg, sp. n. - Vein 3-SR of fore wing 1.0���1.2 �� as long as vein r (Figs 67, 90); mesosoma ventrally and more or less also posteriorly yellowish brown (Figs 69, 91); fourth and fifth tergites largely smooth (Figs 71, 93) or superficially sculptured; vein 1-R1 1.1���1.5 �� longer than pterostigma (Figs 67, 90); frons without medio-longitudinal depression (Figs 74, 97)...................... 3 3 Setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.15���0.20 �� as long as fore wing (Fig. 89); second submarginal cell of fore wing hardly narrowed anteriorly (Fig. 90); basal area of second tergite transversely striate (Fig. 93); legs brownish yellow (Fig. 99); rim of mesoscutum brownish near tegulae (Fig. 92)......................................... T. maga Belokobylskij, 1994 - Setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.33���0.38 �� as long as fore wing (Fig. 65); second submarginal cell of fore wing distinctly narrowed anteriorly (Fig. 67); basal area of second tergite finely reticulate (Fig. 71); legs pale yellowish (Fig. 72); rim of mesoscutum dark brown near tegulae (Fig. 70).................................... T. brevizona van Achterberg, sp. n., Published as part of Tian, Xiao-Xia, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Wu, Jia-Xuan & Tan, Jiang-Li, 2020, New Gnamptodontinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from China and Vietnam, with two genera new for China and seven new species, pp. 471-508 in Zootaxa 4778 (3) on pages 491-492, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3828694, {"references":["Belokobylskij, S. A. (1994) Contribution to the fauna of the Indo-Malayan braconid wasps of the tribe Exothecini, Pambolini and Pentatermini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, 245 (1992), 125 - 173. [in Russian]"]}

Pseudognaptodon sinensis Tan & van Achterberg, sp. n. Figs 36–47 Type material. Holotype, ♀ (NWUX), “ NW China: Shaanxi, Pingheiliang, Ningshaan, N33.47° E108.50°, 1.vii.– 17.viii.2016, 2188 m, Mal[aise] trap, Tan JL & Tan QQ, NWUX ”. Diagnosis. Antenna of ♀ with approx. 30 antennomeres (Fig. 45); basal area of second tergite rugose-reticulate and 0.10 × as long as combined second and third tergites (Fig. 40); vein SR1 of fore wing distinctly curved basally (Fig. 37); eye in dorsal view approx. 9 × as long as temple, temple directly narrowed posteriorly (Fig. 43); vein 1- R1 0.8 × as long as pterostigma; vein 1-SR of fore wing about as long as wide (Fig. 37); first and second metasomal tergites black dorsally; second metasomal suture obsolescent medially and crenulate (Fig. 40); third–fifth antennal segments mainly dark brown; first tergite widened posteriorly, approx. 0.9 × longer than its apical width (Fig. 40); scutellar sulcus distinctly crenulate (Fig. 39); vertex aciculate (Fig. 43); setose part of ovipositor sheath approx. 0.6 × as long as hind basitarsus. Description. Holotype, ♀, length of fore wing 2.9 mm, and of body 2.6 mm. Head. Antenna with 30 antennomeres, scapus longer dorsally than ventrally (Figs 36, 45), length of third antennomere 1.5 × fourth antennomere, third, fourth and penultimate antennomeres 3.0, 2.0 and 1.6 × as long as wide, respectively (Figs 45, 46); maxillary and labial palpi with 5 and 3 segments, respectively; length of maxillary palp 0.9 × height of head; temple partly aciculate; hypostomal flange below mandible large and semi-circular (Fig. 44); eye 9.5 × as long as temple in dorsal view; temples directly narrowed behind eyes; OOL:diameter of posterior ocellus:POL = 16:11:9; vertex and frons transversely or obliquely aciculate and shiny, with some long setae near ocelli, without median groove; face sparsely punctulate, shiny and convex (Fig. 42); clypeus truncate medially, slightly protruding laterally, ventral rim thin, and smooth, dorsally moderately convex and with some punctures; hypoclypeal depression 0.6 × as wide as face, wide and deep; malar suture shallow; length of malar space 1.8 × basal width of mandible; mandible convex medially and smooth, strongly narrowed and twisted apically, second tooth minute (Fig. 42). Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.5 × its height; pronotum vertical anteriorly and antescutal depression absent; side of pronotum smooth, but oblique groove finely crenulate (Fig. 38); mesopleuron convex, shiny and smooth; precoxal sulcus absent; episternal scrobe absent (Fig. 38); mesosternal suture obsolescent and smooth; notauli only on vertical part of mesoscutum finely crenulate and distinctly impressed, on disc shallowly impressed anteriorly and absent on posterior half of mesoscutum, notaulic courses indicated by double row of setae; mesoscutum slightly convex, strongly shiny, and smooth; scutellar sulcus distinctly crenulate (Fig. 39); scutellum wide, slightly convex, smooth and shiny; metapleuron punctulate, but dorsally largely smooth; propodeum evenly convex, largely smooth and shiny (Fig. 39), only posteriorly with pair of short carina and medially with some faint micro-sculpture (Fig. 40). Wings. Fore wing: pterostigma wide triangular (Fig. 37); 1-M straight; 1-SR about as long as wide; 1-SR+M reduced anteriorly (Fig. 37); 1-R1 0.8 × longer than pterostigma; vein r emitted basally of middle of pterostigma and slender; r:3-SR+SR1:2-SR = 10:70:23; vein SR1 curved basally (Fig. 37); 2-M slightly shorter than 2-SR; m-cu antefurcal; 1-CU1 widened, 1.5 × longer as cu-a; 1-CU1:2-CU1 = 1:5; only basal half of CU1b distinct; basal and subbasal cells of fore wing similarly setose as other cells. Hind wing: M+CU:1-M:1r-m = 18:33:13; basal and subbasal cells less densely setose than other cells; m-cu faintly indicated. Legs. Hind coxa smooth; tarsal claws rather robust and simple (Fig. 47); length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 3.5, 7.2 and 7.4 × as long as their maximum width; hind tibial spurs 0.3 and 0.4 × as long as basitarsus. Metasoma. First tergite 0.9 × longer than its apical width, gradually widened apically, convex, coarsely reticulate-rugose, shiny, dorsope absent, its dorsal carinae coarsely developed basally, interconnected by transverse rugae, converging, posteriorly weakly developed and merging in sculpture (Fig. 40); first tergite laterally with deep and round laterope above distinctly crenulate glymma (Fig. 41); second tergite mainly reticulate-punctate (including distinctly elevated narrow basal area) and basal half of third tergite punctate and longitudinally rugulose and apical half smooth (Fig. 40); basal area of second tergite transverse, narrow, reticulate-rugose and 0.1 × as long as combined second and third tergites; second metasomal suture obsolescent medially and crenulate; epipleura of 2 nd– 3 rd tergites semi-transparent (Fig. 41); 4 th– 6 th tergites basally very finely granulate and remainder smooth; ovipositor sheath subparallel-sided and apically pointed (Figs 36, 41), its setose part 0.05 × as long as fore wing, 0.35 × first tergite and 0.55 × hind basitarsus; ovipositor wide and compressed basally and gradually narrowed apically, without subapical notch or nodus (Fig. 41). Colour. Black; palpi white; clypeus, malar space, temple ventrally, tegulae, legs and scapus pale yellowish; remainder of antenna dark brown; remainder of head largely brownish yellow but medio-dorsally and posteriorly dark brown (Fig. 43); mesoscutum anteriorly and two elongate patches dorsally (Fig. 39), pronotum ventrally, mesopleuron anteriorly and wide band ventrally chestnut brown (Fig. 38); metasomal nota black (but apical one brownish yellow), pleura pale brownish and sternite whitish (Fig. 41); pterostigma (but base pale), most veins of fore wing (except basally) dark brown (Fig. 37); wing membrane subhyaline. Etymology. Named after its country of origin, China. Distribution. Palaearctic: China (Shaanxi). Collected in montane forest at 2188 m. Notes. The new species fits fairly well in the P. curticauda group (Williams 2004) but has the setose part of the ovipositor sheath longer (0.55 × hind basitarsus instead of less than 0.5 ×) and the metasoma is much more sculptured than of other members.

Neognamptodon suturalis Belokobylskij, 1999 Neognamptodon suturalis Belokobylskij, 1999: 168���169. Diagnosis. Antenna of ♀ with approx. 26 antennomeres; mesosoma reddish brown, its middle lobe sparsely setose, with elongate medio-posterior depression and anterior half of notauli crenulate; basal area of second metasomal tergite triangular and medially approx. 0.35 �� as long as wide anteriorly; area behind basal area of second tergite finely reticulate; setose part of ovipositor sheath approx. 0.20 �� as long as fore wing. Distribution. Afrotropical (Madagascar)., Published as part of Tian, Xiao-Xia, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Wu, Jia-Xuan & Tan, Jiang-Li, 2020, New Gnamptodontinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from China and Vietnam, with two genera new for China and seven new species, pp. 471-508 in Zootaxa 4778 (3) on page 491, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3828694

Pseudognaptodon curvinervis van Achterberg, sp. n. Figs 12���23 Type material. Holotype, ♂ (RMNH), ���S. Vietnam: Lam Dong, Bidoup Nuiba N.P., n[ea]r Da Lat, 1065���1700 m, Mal[aise] trap[s] 1���12, 11���19.x.2005, C. v. Achterberg & R. de Vries, RMNH���05���. Diagnosis. Antenna of ♂ with approx. 18 antennomeres; basal area of second tergite smooth, transverse, oblique and 0.10 �� as long as combined second and third tergites (Fig. 16); vein SR1 of fore wing evenly curved (Fig. 14); eye in dorsal view approx. 2.2 �� as long as temple, temple roundly narrowed posteriorly (Fig. 20); vein 1-R1 1.5 �� as long as pterostigma; vein 1-SR of fore wing longer than wide; first and second metasomal tergites brownish yellow and largely longitudinally rugose (except basal area); second metasomal suture distinctly crenulate; first tergite widened posteriorly, its length about equal to its apical width (Fig. 16); scutellar sulcus finely crenulate (Fig. 16); vertex smooth and frons granulate (Fig. 20). Description. Holotype, ♂, length of fore wing 1.3 mm, and of body 1.6 mm. Head. Antenna with 18 antennomeres, scapus longer dorsally than ventrally, length of third antennomere 1.2 �� fourth antennomere, third, fourth and penultimate antennomeres 3.4, 2.9 and 2.5 �� as long as wide, respectively (Figs 22, 23); maxillary and labial palpi with 6 and 3 segments, respectively; length of maxillary palp 0.8 �� height of head; temple smooth and hypostomal flange narrow (Fig. 21); eye 2.2 �� as long as temple in dorsal view; temples roundly narrowed behind eyes (Fig. 20); OOL:diameter of posterior ocellus:POL = 14:7:8; vertex smooth, remotely setose and shiny; frons granulate, glabrous and shiny, without median groove; face smooth, shiny and evenly convex (Fig. 19); clypeus truncate ventro-medially, flattened, and ventral rim thin, remainder convex and smooth; hypoclypeal depression 0.5 �� as wide as face and deep; malar suture absent; length of malar space 1.7 �� basal width of mandible; mandible flattened medially and smooth, strongly narrowed and twisted apically. Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.4 �� its height; pronotum nearly vertical anteriorly and antescutal depression absent; side of pronotum smooth, including oblique groove (Fig. 15); mesopleuron convex, shiny and smooth; precoxal sulcus absent; episternal scrobe present, linear (Fig. 12); mesosternal suture moderately and smooth; notauli nearly complete (becoming posteriorly obsolescent), smooth and shallow, remaining separated posteriorly and in between no groove, but mesoscutum medio-anteriorly shallowly longitudinally impressed; mesoscutum strongly shiny, smooth, only antero-laterally and near notauli setose; scutellar sulcus finely crenulate (Fig. 16); scutellum wide, slightly convex, smooth and shiny; metapleuron largely smooth; propodeum evenly convex, smooth and shiny (Fig. 17). Wings. Fore wing: pterostigma triangular (Fig. 14); 1-M straight; 1-SR longer than wide; 1-SR+M reduced anteriorly; 1-R1 1.5 �� longer than pterostigma; vein r emitted slightly behind middle of pterostigma and slender; r:3-SR+SR1:2-SR = 7:90:25; vein SR1 evenly curved (Fig. 14); 2-M distinctly longer than 2-SR; m-cu antefurcal; 1-CU1 and cu-a widened, subequal; 1-CU1:2-CU1 = 1:7; CU1b slightly indicated basally; basal and subbasal cells of fore wing similarly setose as other cells. Hind wing: M+CU:1-M:1r-m = 10:16:5; all cells equally densely setose; m-cu not indicated; 2-SC+R somewhat widened apically (Fig. 14). Legs. Hind coxa smooth; hind femur with long setae ventrally; tarsal claws medium-sized and simple; length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 3.8, 7.0 and 4.8 �� as long as their maximum width; hind tibial spurs 0.30 and 0.35 �� as long as basitarsus. Metasoma. First tergite as long as its apical width, gradually widened apically, convex, largely irregularly longitudinally rugose, shiny, dorsope absent, its dorsal carinae coarsely developed basally and basally rather protruding, distinctly converging, nearly up to apex of tergite (Fig. 16); first tergite laterally with indistinct laterope in finely crenulate glymma; second tergite (except basal area and apically) and basal half of third tergite longitudinally rugose (except smooth areas antero-laterally: Fig. 17); basal area of second tergite transverse, oblique, smooth and 0.10 �� as long as combined second and third tergites; second metasomal suture distinctly crenulate; epipleura of 2 nd��� 3 rd tergites semi-transparent (Fig. 18); apical half of third and following tergites convex and smooth (Fig. 17), except for transverse basal groove of fourth tergite; remainder of metasoma smooth. Colour. Yellowish brown; palpi white; four basal antennal segments, tegulae, metasoma (but basal area of second tergite, third tergite, fourth tergite except apically dark brown) and legs (but telotarsi and hind basitarsus infuscated or dark brown) pale yellowish or brownish yellow; remainder of antenna blackish; mesoscutum anteriorly, scutellum posteriorly and metanotum rather dark brown (Fig. 16); pterostigma and most veins of fore wing (except basally) brown; wing membrane subhyaline.] Etymology. Named after one of its distinctive characters: the curved vein 3-SR+SR1 of the fore wing. Distribution. Vietnam. Collected in open montane forest at 1065���1700 m., Published as part of Tian, Xiao-Xia, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Wu, Jia-Xuan & Tan, Jiang-Li, 2020, New Gnamptodontinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from China and Vietnam, with two genera new for China and seven new species, pp. 471-508 in Zootaxa 4778 (3) on pages 478-481, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3828694

Pseudognaptodon ruficeps Belokobylskij, 1993 Pseudognaptodon ruficeps Belokobylskij, 1993: 43���44. Diagnosis. Antenna with 16���17 (♀) or 18 (♂) antennomeres, with 4 (♂)���5 (♀) basal segments yellow; eye in dorsal view 1.8���2.2 �� as long as temple; mesosoma light brown dorsally; pterostigma slender and vein r emitted distinctly before middle of pterostigma (Fig. 33 in Belokobylskij 1993); vein 3-SR+SR1 of fore wing nearly straight; first metasomal tergite subparallel-sided posteriorly; first and second tergites largely longitudinally striate and yellow dorsally; basal area of second tergite 0.1 �� as long as combined second and third tergites and smooth; second metasomal suture smooth. Distribution. Oriental: Vietnam., Published as part of Tian, Xiao-Xia, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Wu, Jia-Xuan & Tan, Jiang-Li, 2020, New Gnamptodontinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from China and Vietnam, with two genera new for China and seven new species, pp. 471-508 in Zootaxa 4778 (3) on page 483, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3828694

Neognamptodon Belokobylskij, 1999 (Figs 48���64) Neognamptodon Belokobylskij, 1999: 167���168. Type species (by original designation): Neognamptodon suturalis Belokobylskij, 1999. Diagnosis. Antenna with 23���26 antennomeres; occipital carina absent laterally (Fig. 58); pronotum without distinct pronope, only with a transverse crenulated groove (Figs 57, 64); setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.20���0.35 �� as long as fore wing. Distribution. Afrotropical (Madagascar), Australian (Papua New Guinea), Oriental (China). The genus is new for the Oriental region and for the fauna of China. Notes. Gnamptodon novobritannicus Fischer, 1971, from Bismarck Archipelago does not fit in Gnamptodon Haliday because of the presence of the medio-longitudinal carina of the propodeum, the only slightly oblique vein 3-CU1 of fore wing, the well-developed precoxal sulcus, the strongly converging dorsal carinae of the first tergite and the long ovipositor (longer than half length of metasoma). It is transferred to Neognamptodon Belokobylskij, where it fits much better and N. novobritannicus (Fischer, 1971) becomes a new combination., Published as part of Tian, Xiao-Xia, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Wu, Jia-Xuan & Tan, Jiang-Li, 2020, New Gnamptodontinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from China and Vietnam, with two genera new for China and seven new species, pp. 471-508 in Zootaxa 4778 (3) on pages 486-487, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3828694

Tamdaona sculpturata van Achterberg, sp. n. (Figs 100���110) Type material. Holotype, ♀ (RMNH), ��� S. Vietnam: Dong Nai, C��t Ti��n, N.P., Bird trail, Mal [aise] trap[s] 30���35, c. 100 m, 15���20.v.2007, C. v. Achterberg & R. de Vries, RMNH���07���. Paratype: 1 ♂ (RMNH), topotypic, but Ficus trail, 9���30.iv.2007, M.P. Quy & N. T. Manh. Diagnosis. Antenna of ♀ with approx. 28 antennomeres (Fig. 100); frons with medio-longitudinal depression (Fig. 107); pronope large (Fig. 103); notauli rather wide anteriorly (Fig. 103); rim of mesoscutum brownish near tegulae; mesosoma ventrally and posteriorly black; propodeum gradually lowered posteriorly (Fig. 102); vein 3-SR of fore wing about twice as long as vein r (Fig. 101); vein 1-R1 slightly longer than pterostigma (Fig. 101); basal area of second metasomal tergite transverse, circular and medially 0.10���0.15 �� as long as wide anteriorly, entirely sculptured and hardly or not protruding medio-posteriorly (Fig. 104); second metasomal suture widened medially; fourth and fifth metasomal tergites distinctly sculptured (Figs 100, 104); setose part of ovipositor sheath approx. 0.23 �� as long as fore wing (Figs 100, 105). Description. Holotype, ♀, length of fore wing 2.0 mm, and of body 2.4 mm. Head. Antenna with 28 antennomeres, scapus longer dorsally than ventrally, length of third antennomere 1.1 �� fourth antennomere, third, fourth and penultimate antennomeres 2.2, 2.0 and 1.4 �� as long as wide, respectively (Figs 106, 110); maxillary and labial palpi with 6 and 4 segments, respectively; length of maxillary palp 0.8 �� height of head; temple smooth; hypostomal flange narrow; eye 2.3 �� as long as temple in dorsal view; temples directly narrowed behind eyes (Fig. 108); OOL:diameter of posterior ocellus:POL = 15:9:8; vertex largely smooth, distinctly setose and shiny; frons with median groove, medially largely smooth and shiny, but flat area near antennal sockets rugose and convex part behind it remotely punctate; face remotely punctate and superficially rugose, shiny and irregularly convex (Fig. 107); clypeus truncate medially and ventral rim thin, moderately convex and smooth; hypoclypeal depression 0.4 �� as wide as face, medium-sized and rather shallow; malar suture absent; length of malar space 1.5 �� basal width of mandible; mandible rather flat medially and smooth, strongly narrowed and twisted apically. Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.7 �� its height; pronotum anteriorly largely horizontal and with large slit-like pronope (Fig. 103); side of pronotum smooth, but with carina and micro-crenulae anteriorly (Fig. 102); mesopleuron convex, shiny and smooth; precoxal sulcus long and curved, medially with some crenulae; episternal scrobe long and linear; pleural sulcus finely crenulate; mesosternal suture deep, medium-sized and coarsely crenulate; mesosternum punctate; notauli complete but shallow posteriorly, finely crenulate anteriorly and smooth posteriorly, moderately wide (Fig. 103); mesoscutum convex, strongly shiny, and superficially punctate or punctulate, entirely conspicuously setose and medio-posteriorly with longitudinal groove plus some striae between notauli; scutellar sulcus slightly narrowed laterally and with 5 medium-sized crenulae (Fig. 103); scutellum wide, convex, conspicuously setose, largely punctate and shiny; metapleuron largely finely and densely reticulate-rugose; propodeum anteriorly convex and about as long as posterior part, moderately shiny and coarsely reticulate-rugose (Fig. 104), posteriorly with pair of anteriorly converging carinae and anterior half with medio-longitudinal carina. Wings. Fore wing: pterostigma wide triangular (Fig. 101); second submarginal cell slightly narrowed anteriorly (Fig. 101); 1-SR much longer than wide; 1-SR+M present anteriorly; 1-R1 1.1 �� longer than pterostigma; vein r emitted just before middle of pterostigma and slender; r:3-SR:SR1:2-SR = 10:22:78:27; vein SR1 nearly straight; m-cu distinctly antefurcal; 1-CU1 widened, shorter than cu-a; 1-CU1:2-CU1 = 6:49; CU1b complete; basal and subbasal cells of fore wing similarly setose as other cells. Hind wing: M+CU:1-M:1r-m = 7:12:4; basal and subbasal cells less densely setose than other cells; m-cu distinctly indicated. Legs. Hind coxa smooth; tarsal claws medium-sized and simple (Fig. 105); length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 3.6, 7.9 and 5.9 �� as long as their maximum width; hind tibial spurs 0.30 and 0.35 �� as long as basitarsus. Metasoma. First tergite 0.8 �� longer than its apical width, gradually widened apically, convex, coarsely reticulate rugose, shiny, dorsope absent, its dorsal carinae coarsely developed basally, strongly converging, posteriorly merging in sculpture (Fig. 104); first tergite laterally with deep elliptical laterope in smooth glymma (Fig. 100); second tergite and most of third tergite coarsely reticulate-rugose (including basal area), following tergites largely rugose but much less pronounced than on second tergite (Fig. 104); basal area of second tergite transverse, narrow hemicircular and medially 0.14 �� as long as combined second and third tergites; second metasomal suture and antero-lateral grooves of third tergite distinct and coarsely crenulate (Fig. 104); epipleura of second and third tergites semi-transparent; ovipositor sheath subparallel-sided and apically pointed, its setose part 0.23 �� as long as fore wing, 1.2 �� first tergite and 1.6 �� hind basitarsus; ovipositor moderately compressed and hardly widened subapically, with small subapical nodus (Fig. 100). Colour. Yellowish brown; palpi and metasoma ventrally (except apically) white; scapus largely, pedicellus ventrally, mouthparts, clypeus, tegulae and legs (but telotarsi dark brown) pale yellowish; remainder of antenna, stemmaticum, mesosternum, metanotum, propodeum, first tergite (except latero-posteriorly), second���fifth tergites (except laterally) dark brown; pterostigma (but pale brown apically) and most veins of fore wing (except basally) brown; wing membrane subhyaline. Male. Paratype: length of fore wing 1.8 mm and of body 2.3 mm; antenna with 25 segments; very similar to holotype, but pronotum dorsally, mesoscutum partly, scutellum, sixth and seventh tergites dark brown or brown; mesosoma 1.5 �� longer than high; vein 3-SR of fore wing twice as long as vein r. Etymology. Named after its extensively sculptured metasoma. Distribution. Oriental: Vietnam. Collected in lowland forest at 100 m., Published as part of Tian, Xiao-Xia, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Wu, Jia-Xuan & Tan, Jiang-Li, 2020, New Gnamptodontinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from China and Vietnam, with two genera new for China and seven new species, pp. 471-508 in Zootaxa 4778 (3) on pages 498-506, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3828694, {"references":["van Achterberg, C. (1993) Illustrated key to the subfamilies of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea). Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden, 283, 1 - 189.","van Achterberg, C. (1983) Revisionary notes on the subfamily Gnaptodontinae, with description of eleven new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 126, 25 - 57."]}

Tamdaona brevizona van Achterberg, sp. n. Figs 65���78) Type material. Holotype, ♀ (RMNH), ��� Vietnam: Ninh Th��n, N��i Ch��a N.P., dry south part, 100���180 m, Mal[aise] traps], 22���29.v.2007, C. v. Achterberg & R. de Vries, RMNH���07���. Paratypes: 1 ♀ (IEBR), with same data as ho- lotype; 1 ♀ (RMNH), ��� S. Vietnam: Dak Lak, Chu Yang Sin N.P., n[ea] r dam, c. 500 m, c. 500 m, Mal[aise] traps], 3���9.vi.2007, C. v. Achterberg & R. de Vries, RMNH���07���. Description. Holotype, ♀, length of fore wing 1.8 mm, and of body 2.2 mm. Diagnosis. Antenna of ♀ with 20 or 21 antennomeres (Fig. 65); frons without medio-longitudinal depression (Fig. 74); rim of mesoscutum dark brown near tegulae (Fig. 70); notauli rather wide anteriorly (Fig. 70); mesosoma ventrally and more or less posteriorly yellowish brown (Fig. 69); propodeum gradually lowered posteriorly (Fig. 65); vein 3-SR of fore wing 1.1���1.2 �� as long as vein r (Fig. 67); vein 1-R1 1.1���1.3 �� longer than pterostigma (Fig. 67); second submarginal cell of fore wing distinctly narrowed anteriorly (Figs 65, 67); legs pale yellowish; basal area of second metasomal tergite transverse and finely reticulate (Fig. 71), narrow and medially 0.10���0.15 �� as long as wide anteriorly, hardly or not protruding medio-posteriorly (Fig. 71); second tergite rather transverse and 1.2���1.3 �� as long as third tergite (Fig. 71); second metasomal suture rather wide medially (Fig. 71); fourth and fifth tergites largely smooth (Figs 71); setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.33���0.38 �� as long as fore wing (Fig. 65). Head. Antenna with 21 antennomeres, scapus longer dorsally than ventrally (Fig. 65), length of third antennomere 1.2 �� fourth antennomere, third, fourth and penultimate antennomeres 2.7, 2.3 and 2.0 �� as long as wide, respectively (Figs 76, 77); maxillary and labial palpi with 6 and 4 segments, respectively; length of maxillary palp equal to height of head; temple smooth; hypostomal flange narrow; eye 4.0 �� as long as temple in dorsal view; temples directly narrowed behind eyes (Fig. 74); OOL:diameter of posterior ocellus:POL = 30:14:14; vertex and frons largely smooth and shiny, but near eye superficially micro-sculptured and vertex distinctly setose; face remotely punctulate, shiny and convex (Fig. 73); clypeus truncate medially and ventral rim thin, medially moderately convex and with some punctures; hypoclypeal depression 0.4 �� as wide as face, medium-sized and rather shallow; malar suture absent; length of malar space 1.2 �� basal width of mandible; mandible rather flat medially and smooth, strongly narrowed and twisted apically. Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.5 �� its height; pronotum partly horizontal anteriorly and with large slit-like pronope (Fig. 70); side of pronotum smooth, but with some crenulae anteriorly (Fig. 69); mesopleuron convex, shiny and smooth; precoxal sulcus present as short oblique groove medially with some fine crenulae; episternal scrobe present, linear; pleural sulcus smooth except for some indistinct micro-crenulation ventrally; mesosternal suture deep, narrow and micro-crenulate; notauli complete, smooth, moderately wide and distinctly impressed (Fig. 70); mesoscutum convex, strongly shiny, and largely smooth, setose except middle of lateral lobes and medio-posteriorly with longitudinal groove between notauli; scutellar sulcus narrowed laterally and with one long crenula and some micro-crenulation (Fig. 70); scutellum wide, distinctly convex, setose, largely smooth and shiny; metapleuron largely smooth; propodeum evenly convex, shiny and largely smooth but dorsally micro-sculptured and some rugulae (Fig. 71), only posteriorly with pair of short carina and anterior half with medio-longitudinal carina. Wings. Fore wing: pterostigma triangular (Fig. 67); second submarginal cell distinctly narrowed anteriorly (Fig. 67); 1-SR much longer than wide; 1-SR+M present anteriorly, but very narrow; 1-R1 1.3 �� longer than pterostigma; vein r emitted from middle of pterostigma and slender; r:3-SR:SR1:2-SR = 10:11:64:20; vein SR1 nearly straight; m-cu antefurcal; 1-CU1 widened, about as long as cu-a; 1-CU1:2-CU1 = 1:7; CU1b complete; basal and subbasal cells of fore wing similarly setose as other cells. Hind wing: M+CU:1-M:1r-m = 21:40:13; basal and subbasal cells less densely setose than other cells; m-cu faintly indicated. Legs. Hind coxa smooth; tarsal claws medium-sized and simple (Fig. 78); length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 3.6, 8.8 and 5.1 �� as long as their maximum width; hind tibial spurs 0.35 �� as long as basitarsus. Metasoma. First tergite 0.9 �� longer than its apical width, gradually widened apically, convex, densely rugulose, shiny, dorsope absent, its dorsal carinae coarsely developed basally, converging, posteriorly weakly developed and merging in sculpture (Fig. 71); first tergite laterally with deep elliptical laterope in smooth glymma; second tergite and most of third tergite densely reticulate-rugulose (including basal area), following tergites largely smooth (Fig. 71); basal area of second tergite transverse and finely reticulate, narrow triangular and medially 0.13 �� as long as combined second and third tergites; second metasomal suture and antero-lateral grooves of third tergite distinct and crenulate (Fig. 71); epipleura of second and third tergites semi-transparent; ovipositor sheath subparallel-sided and apically pointed, its setose part 0.38 �� as long as fore wing, 2.2 �� first tergite and 4.0 �� hind basitarsus; ovipositor slightly compressed and hardly widened subapically, with small subapical nodus. Colour. Yellowish brown; palpi, mouth parts and metasoma ventrally (except apically) white; scapus largely, pedicellus ventrally, tegulae and legs (but telotarsi dark brown) pale yellowish; remainder of antenna, stemmaticum, narrow stripe in front of tegulae, metanotum, propodeum, first tergite (except posteriorly), second tergite (except laterally) and third tergite medio-anteriorly dark brown or brown; pterostigma and most veins of fore wing (except basally) brown; wing membrane subhyaline. Variation. Length of fore wing 1.7���1.9 mm and of body 2.2���2.4 mm; antennal segments of ♀ 20(1), 21(1); se- tose part of ovipositor sheath 0.33���0.38 �� as long as fore wing; propodeum brown or dark brown; fourth metasomal tergite smooth or faintly micro-sculptured. Etymology. Named after the comparatively short basal area of the second tergite: ���brevis��� is Latin for ���short��� and ���zona��� for ���area���. Distribution. Oriental: Vietnam. Collected in coastal open forest at 100���180 m and lowland forest at 500 m., Published as part of Tian, Xiao-Xia, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Wu, Jia-Xuan & Tan, Jiang-Li, 2020, New Gnamptodontinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from China and Vietnam, with two genera new for China and seven new species, pp. 471-508 in Zootaxa 4778 (3) on pages 492-493, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3828694

Pseudognaptodon bidoupensis van Achterberg, sp. n. Figs 1���11 Type material. Holotype, ♀ (RMNH), ���S. Vietnam: Lam Dong, Bidoup Nuiba N.P., n[ea]r Da Lat, 1065���1700 m, Mal[aise] trap[s] 1���12, 11���19.x.2005, C. v. Achterberg & R. de Vries, RMNH���05���. Diagnosis. Antenna of ♀ with approx. 20 antennomeres (Fig. 1); basal area of second tergite smooth, transverse and 0.10 �� as long as combined second and third tergites (Fig. 5); vein SR1 of fore wing only basally curved (Fig. 2); eye in dorsal view twice as long as temple, temple roundly narrowed posteriorly (Fig. 8); vein 1-R1 1.2 �� as long as pterostigma; vein 3-SR+SR1 of fore wing only basally distinctly curved; first and second metasomal tergites black dorsally and largely longitudinally rugose, except posteriorly; second metasomal suture distinct medially and crenulate; first tergite widened posteriorly, approx. 0.8 �� longer than its apical width (Fig. 5); scutellar sulcus finely crenulate (Fig. 4); vertex smooth and shiny, frons granulate (Fig. 8). Description. Holotype, ♀, length of fore wing 1.7 mm, and of body 1.8 mm. Head. Antenna with 20 antennomeres, scapus shorter dorsally than ventrally, length of third antennomere 1.2 �� fourth antennomere, third, fourth and penultimate antennomeres 4.3, 3.5 and 2.5 �� as long as wide, respectively (Figs 10, 11); maxillary and labial palpi with 6 and 4 segments, respectively; length of maxillary palp 1.1 �� height of head; temple smooth; hypostomal flange narrow (Fig. 9); eye twice as long as temple in dorsal view; temples roundly narrowed behind eyes (Fig. 8); OOL:diameter of posterior ocellus:POL = 33:13:18; vertex smooth, remotely setose and shiny; frons granulate, glabrous and shiny, without median groove (Fig. 8); face smooth and shiny, evenly convex (Fig. 7); clypeus nearly truncate medially and ventral rim thin, remainder moderately convex and smooth; hypoclypeal depression 0.5 �� as wide as face and deep; malar suture absent; length of malar space 1.7 �� basal width of mandible; mandible weakly convex medially, strongly narrowed and twisted apically. Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.3 �� its height; pronotum nearly vertical anteriorly and antescutal depression absent; side of pronotum smooth, but oblique groove crenulate anteriorly; mesopleuron convex, shiny and smooth; precoxal sulcus absent; episternal scrobe present, linear (Fig. 1); mesosternal suture rather deep and smooth; notauli complete, narrow, smooth and posteriorly shallowly impressed, and in between no groove (Fig. 4), but antero-medially shallowly longitudinally impressed; mesoscutum strongly shiny, smooth, only antero-laterally and near notauli with some long setae; scutellar sulcus finely crenulate (Fig. 4); scutellum wide, slightly convex, smooth and shiny; metapleuron largely smooth; propodeum evenly convex, smooth and shiny (Fig. 4). Wings. Fore wing: pterostigma triangular (Fig. 2); 1-M straight; 1-SR longer than wide; 1-SR+M present anteriorly; 1-R1 1.2 �� longer than pterostigma; vein r emitted slightly basad of middle of pterostigma and slender; r:3-SR+SR1:2-SR = 3:46:13; vein SR1 only basally curved and remainder straight (Fig. 2); vein 2-M of fore wing as long as vein 2-SR (Fig. 2); m-cu slightly antefurcal; 1-CU1 and cu-a widened, subequal; 1-CU1:2-CU1 = 1:10; CU1b absent; basal and subbasal cells of fore wing similarly setose as other cells. Hind wing: M+CU:1-M:1r-m = 10:18:5; all cells equally densely setose; m-cu not indicated; 2-SC+R slightly widened (Fig. 2). Legs. Hind coxa smooth; tarsal claws rather robust and simple; length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 3.4, 6.2 and 5.7 �� as long as their maximum width; hind tibial spurs 0.30 and 0.35 �� as long as basitarsus. Metasoma. First tergite 0.8 �� longer than its apical width, gradually widened apically, convex, largely longitudinally rugose, shiny, dorsope absent, its dorsal carinae coarsely developed basally and protruding, strongly converging, posteriorly present (Fig. 5); first tergite laterally with medium-sized laterope in distinctly crenulate glymma; second and third tergites mainly longitudinally rugose, but basal area, second tergite posteriorly and apical half of third tergite smooth (Fig. 5); basal area of second tergite transverse, medium-sized, smooth and 0.1 �� as long as combined second and third tergites; third tergite without oblique antero-lateral grooves, but with smooth areas (Fig. 5); second metasomal suture distinct medially and coarsely crenulate; epipleura of 2 nd��� 3 rd tergites transparent (Fig. 1); remainder of metasoma smooth, except for finely crenulate transverse groove of fourth tergite; length of ovipositor sheath 0.10 �� fore wing. Colour. Black; palpi white; scapus, pedicellus, tegulae, metasoma ventrally and legs (but apex of hind basitarsus, remainder of hind tarsus and telotarsi infuscated or dark brown) pale yellowish; head (except dark brown medio-dorsal part), third and fourth antennal segments, fifth and sixth tergites brownish yellow (Fig. 1); metasoma pale brownish and whitish ventrally (Fig. 1); pterostigma and ovipositor sheath dark brown; as most veins of fore wing (except basally); wing membrane subhyaline. Etymology. Named after its type locality in southern Vietnam. Distribution. Vietnam. Collected in open montane forest at 1065���1700 m., Published as part of Tian, Xiao-Xia, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Wu, Jia-Xuan & Tan, Jiang-Li, 2020, New Gnamptodontinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from China and Vietnam, with two genera new for China and seven new species, pp. 471-508 in Zootaxa 4778 (3) on pages 475-478, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3828694

Tamdaona Belokobylskij, 1994 (Figs 65���110) Tamdaona Belokobylskij, 1993b: 158 (nom. nud.; in Avgini), 1994: 126���128 (in Exothecini). Type species (by original designation): Tamdaona janus Belokobylskij, 1994., Published as part of Tian, Xiao-Xia, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Wu, Jia-Xuan & Tan, Jiang-Li, 2020, New Gnamptodontinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from China and Vietnam, with two genera new for China and seven new species, pp. 471-508 in Zootaxa 4778 (3) on page 491, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3828694, {"references":["Belokobylskij, S. A. (1994) Contribution to the fauna of the Indo-Malayan braconid wasps of the tribe Exothecini, Pambolini and Pentatermini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, 245 (1992), 125 - 173. [in Russian]","Belokobylskij, S. A. (1993 b) On the classification and phylogeny of the braconid wasps subfamilies Doryctinae and Exothecinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). Entomological Review, 74 (4), 26 - 48."]}

Tribe Gnamptodontini Fischer, 1970 (Figs 1���47, 143���163), Published as part of Tian, Xiao-Xia, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Wu, Jia-Xuan & Tan, Jiang-Li, 2020, New Gnamptodontinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from China and Vietnam, with two genera new for China and seven new species, pp. 471-508 in Zootaxa 4778 (3) on page 474, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3828694, {"references":["Fischer, M. (1970) Probleme der Systematik bei den Opiinae (Hym,. Braconidae). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Osterreichischer Entomologen, 22 (3), 81 - 88."]}

Tamdaona maga Belokobylskij, 1994 (Figs 89���99) Tamdaona janus Belokobylskij, 1994: 130���132. Type material. Holotype, ♀ (RMNH), ��� Malaysia -SE. Sabah, n[ea]r Danum Valley Field C[entre], WoN1, c. 140 m, Mal. trap 13, 24.ii���24.iii.1987, C. v. Achterberg, RMNH ���, ��� Holotypus Tamdaona maga Belokobylskij ���, ��� RMNH. INS 108825 ���. Diagnosis. Frons without medio-longitudinal depression (Fig. 97); pronope large (Fig. 97); notauli rather wide anteriorly (Fig. 92); rim of mesoscutum brownish near tegulae (Fig. 92); mesosoma ventrally and posteriorly yellowish brown; propodeum gradually lowered posteriorly (Fig. 91); vein 3-SR of fore wing about as long as vein r (Fig. 90); vein 1-R1 1.5 �� longer than pterostigma (Figs xx); second submarginal cell of fore wing hardly narrowed anteriorly (Fig. 89); legs brownish yellow; basal area of second tergite transverse and striate, medially 0.10���0.15 �� as long as wide anteriorly, hardly or not protruding medio-posteriorly (Fig. 94); second tergite rather transverse and approx. 1.3 �� as long as third tergite (Fig. 89); second metasomal suture widened medially (Fig. 93); fourth and fifth tergites superficially sculptured (Fig. 93); setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.15���0.20 �� as long as fore wing (Fig. 89). Distribution. Oriental: Malaysia (East Malaysia: Sabah). Collected in lowland forest at c. 140 m., Published as part of Tian, Xiao-Xia, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Wu, Jia-Xuan & Tan, Jiang-Li, 2020, New Gnamptodontinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from China and Vietnam, with two genera new for China and seven new species, pp. 471-508 in Zootaxa 4778 (3) on page 498, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3828694, {"references":["Belokobylskij, S. A. (1994) Contribution to the fauna of the Indo-Malayan braconid wasps of the tribe Exothecini, Pambolini and Pentatermini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, 245 (1992), 125 - 173. [in Russian]"]}

Neognamptodon novobritannicus (Fischer, 1971) comb. n. Gnaptodon novobritannicus Fischer, 1971: 21 (as G. novobritanicus), 22; 1978: 397; 1987: 710–711. Diagnosis. Antenna of ♀ with approx. 26 antennomeres; mesoscutum black, densely and long setose, without medio-posterior depression and anterior half of notauli crenulate; vein 3-SR of fore wing approx. 1.5 × as long as vein r (Fig. 581 in Fischer 1987); dorsal carinae of first tergite remained separated basally; basal area of second metasomal tergite transverse and medially 0.13–0.15 × as long as wide anteriorly; area behind basal area of second tergite densely granulate-rugulose; setose part of ovipositor sheath approx. 0.25 × as long as fore wing, longer than first tergite. Distribution. Australian (Papua New Guinea: New Britain).

Tribe Tamdaonini van Achterberg, trib. n. (Figs 48���110) Diagnosis. Antenna with 20���28 antennomeres; labrum normal (Figs 56, 73); mandibles normal, teeth bent inwards and overlapping each other when closed (Figs 56, 81); pronope wide and deep (Fig. 85) or as transverse crenulated groove (Fig. 61); precoxal sulcus present submedially and crenulate (Figs 83, 91, 102); mesoscutum with linear or narrow elliptical medio-posterior depression (Figs 51, 85); vein 3-CU1 of fore wing at most moderately oblique (Figs 79, 90); basal half of fore wing normally setose; marginal cell of fore wing distinctly wider than vein SR1 (Figs 49, 79); first subdiscal cell of fore wing closed apically and posterior half of vein CU1b sclerotized (Figs 49, 65, 79); propodeum anteriorly with medio-longitudinal carina (Figs 51, 71, 85); dorsal carinae of first tergite united subbasally (Fig. 52) to strongly converging (Figs 87, 93); first and second metasomal tergites movably joined (Figs 52, 83); second tergite of ♀ with a medio-basal area (Figs 52, 63, 87); setose part of ovipositor sheath 1.2���3.0 �� as long as first tergite (Figs 48, 65, 83). Distribution. Australian, Oriental and Afrotropical (2 genera: Tamdaona Belokobylskij, 1993, and Neognamptodon Belokobylskij, 1999)., Published as part of Tian, Xiao-Xia, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Wu, Jia-Xuan & Tan, Jiang-Li, 2020, New Gnamptodontinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from China and Vietnam, with two genera new for China and seven new species, pp. 471-508 in Zootaxa 4778 (3) on page 486, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3828694

Tamdaona janus Belokobylskij, 1994 (Figs 79���88) Tamdaona janus Belokobylskij, 1994: 129���130 (in Exothecini); Long & Belokobylskij, 2004: 392 (in Exothecinae). Type material. Holotype, ♀ (ZISP), ��� Vietnam, prov. Vinh Phu, Tam Dao, 1000 m, forest, 16.xi.1990, S.A. Belokobylskij ���, ��� Holotypus Tamdaona janus Belokobylskij ���. Additional material. 1 ♀ (RMNH), ��� Vietnam: Ninh Thu��n, N��i Ch��a N.P., northwest part, Mal. trap 17, c. 150 m, 24���30.v.2007, C. v. Achterberg & R. de Vries, RMNH���07���. Diagnosis. Antenna of ♀ with approx. 26 antennomeres (Fig. 82); frons with shallow medio-longitudinal de- pression (Fig. 80); pronope large (Fig. 85); notauli narrow anteriorly (Fig. 85); propodeum steep posteriorly (Fig. 83); vein 1-R1 1.3 �� longer than pterostigma (Fig. 79); vein 3-SR of fore wing approx. 1.6 �� as long as vein r (Fig. 79); basal area of second metasomal tergite triangular and medially 0.20 �� as long as wide anteriorly, mainly punctate and distinctly protruding medio-posteriorly (Fig. 87); second tergite 1.5 �� as long as third tergite; second metasomal suture narrow medially (Fig. 87); setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.15���0.20 �� as long as fore wing Figs 79, 83). Distribution. Oriental: Vietnam. Collected in coastal lowland forest at about 150 m and in submontane forest at 1000 m., Published as part of Tian, Xiao-Xia, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Wu, Jia-Xuan & Tan, Jiang-Li, 2020, New Gnamptodontinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from China and Vietnam, with two genera new for China and seven new species, pp. 471-508 in Zootaxa 4778 (3) on page 496, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3828694, {"references":["Belokobylskij, S. A. (1994) Contribution to the fauna of the Indo-Malayan braconid wasps of the tribe Exothecini, Pambolini and Pentatermini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, 245 (1992), 125 - 173. [in Russian]","Long, K. D. & Belokobylskij, S. A. (2004) A preliminary list of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera) of Vietnam. Russian Entomological Journal, 12 (4) 385 - 398. [2003, http: // kmk. entomology. ru / rej. htm]"]}

Notes on Alysdacnusa and Tobiasnusa (by CvA). Alysdacnusa Tobias & Perepetchayenko, 1995 (type species: Alysdacnusa breviventris Tobias & Perepetchayenko, 1995) and Tobiasnusa Papp, 2004, (syn. n.; their type species differs mainly by having the metasoma shorter (A. breviventris) or longer (A. atomus) than the mesosoma) are superficially similar to Exodontiella Wharton. The Palaearctic Alysdacnusa has also the marginal cell of the fore wing reduced (Fig. 122) as in the Nearctic Exodontiella and both have exodont mandibles, both occur in semi-arid habitats and share small body size, minute second tooth of mandible and short antenna. However, both genera are not closely related and belong to different subfamilies (Exondontiella in the Gnamptodontinae and Alysdacnusa in the Alysiinae). They differ as follows: malar space long, without convex area (Fig. 113) vs malar space short, with small convex area above base of mandible in Alysdacnusa (Fig. 123); upper lobe of mandible small (Fig. 119) vs upper lobe of mandible large (Fig. 128); temple mediumsized (Fig. 112) vs temple enlarged (Fig. 126) in dorsal view; marginal cell of fore wing very narrow (Fig. 111) vs comparatively large (Fig. 122) and second and third metasomal tergites indistinctly sculptured (Fig. 121) vs smooth (Fig. 131). In addition, Alysdacnusa atomus (Papp, 2004) comb. n. from Mongolia) has vein M+CU of the hind wing about as long as 1-M (longer in A. breviventris), the propodeum without small tubercle (present), the ovipositor sheath as long as first and second hind tarsal segments combined (0.7 ��), the antenna with 13���14 segments (15���17 segments), vein r of the fore wing issued from middle of pterostigma (slightly before middle) and the first tergite slightly more widened apically (slightly less)., Published as part of Tian, Xiao-Xia, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Wu, Jia-Xuan & Tan, Jiang-Li, 2020, New Gnamptodontinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from China and Vietnam, with two genera new for China and seven new species, pp. 471-508 in Zootaxa 4778 (3) on page 506, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3828694

Key to species of Neognamptodon Belokobylskij 1 Basal area of second metasomal tergite triangular and medially approx. 0.35 �� as long as wide anteriorly; setose part of ovipositor sheath approx. 0.20 �� as long as fore wing; mesosoma reddish brown; Afrotropical.... N. suturalis Belokobylskij, 1999 - Basal area of second metasomal tergite transverse and medially 0.13���0.15 �� as long as wide anteriorly; setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.25���0.35 �� as long as fore wing; mesosoma dark brown or black......................................... 2 2 Mesoscutum without medio-posterior depression; anterior half of notauli crenulate; vein 3-SR of fore wing approx. 1.5 �� as long as vein r (Fig. 581 in Fischer 1987); area behind basal area of second metasomal tergite densely granulate-rugulose; setose part of ovipositor sheath approx. 0.25 �� as long as fore wing; dorsal carinae of first tergite remained separated basally; mesosoma black; Australian..................................................... N. novobritannicus (Fischer, 1971) - Mesoscutum with long groove-like medio-posterior depression (Fig. 51); anterior half of notauli smooth; vein 3-SR of fore wing 2.2���3.0 �� as long as vein r (Figs 49, 62); area behind basal area of second metasomal tergite coarsely crenulate (Fig. 52), but less so in ♂ (Fig. 63); setose part of ovipositor sheath approx. 0.35 �� as long as fore wing (Fig. 48); mesosoma dark brown; dorsal carinae of first tergite united basally (Figs 52, 63); Oriental............. N. laticauda Tan & van Achterberg, sp. n., Published as part of Tian, Xiao-Xia, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Wu, Jia-Xuan & Tan, Jiang-Li, 2020, New Gnamptodontinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from China and Vietnam, with two genera new for China and seven new species, pp. 471-508 in Zootaxa 4778 (3) on page 487, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3828694, {"references":["Fischer, M. (1987) Hymenoptera Braconidae (Opiinae III) athiopische, orientalische, australische und ozeanische Region. Das Tierreich, 104, i-xv + 1 - 734."]}

Pseudognaptodon longi van Achterberg, sp. n. Figs 24���35 Type material. Holotype, ♂ (RMNH), ���N. Vietnam: Hoa Binh, Pa Co Hang Kia N. R., 1041 m, N20��44���29��� E104��55���44���, 11���23.x.2009, Mal[aise] tr[ap] 23, C. v. Achterberg & R. de Vries, RMNH���09���. Diagnosis. Antenna of ♂ with approx. 19 antennomeres (Fig. 24); basal area of second tergite smooth, trans- verse and 0.15 �� as long as combined second and third tergites (Fig. 29); vein SR1 of fore wing evenly curved (Fig. 25); eye in dorsal view approx. 3.5 �� as long as temple, temple roundly narrowed posteriorly (Fig. 32); vein 1-R1 0.9 �� as long as pterostigma; vein 1-SR of fore wing longer than wide; first and second metasomal tergites black dorsally and largely smooth (except behind basal area); second metasomal suture distinct medially and crenulate; first tergite widened posteriorly, approx. 0.8 �� longer than its apical width (Fig. 28); scutellar sulcus largely smooth (Fig. 28); vertex smooth except for some punctures (Fig. 32). Description. Holotype, ♂, length of fore wing 1.3 mm, and of body 1.5 mm. Head. Antenna with 19 antennomeres, scapus longer dorsally than ventrally(Fig.34), length of third antennomere 1.1 �� fourth antennomere, third, fourth and penultimate antennomere 2.1, 2.0 and 2.0 �� as long as wide, respectively (Figs 34, 35); maxillary and labial palpi with 6 and 3 segments, respectively; length of maxillary palp 0.8 �� height of head; temple smooth except for some rugulosity ventrally (Fig. 33); hypostomal flange indistinct (Fig. 33); eye 2.6 �� as long as temple in dorsal view; temples roundly narrowed behind eyes (Fig. 32); OOL:diameter of posterior ocellus:POL = 8:5:4; vertex largely smooth (except for some punctures), remotely setose and shiny; frons transversely rugulose, glabrous and shiny, without median groove (Fig. 32); face transversely rugulose, shiny and evenly convex (Fig. 31); clypeus nearly truncate medially, flattened, ventral rim thin, and smooth, dorsally moderately convex and with some punctures; hypoclypeal depression 0.4 �� as wide as face and deep; malar suture shallow; length of malar space 1.4 �� basal width of mandible; mandible flattened medially and smooth, strongly narrowed and twisted apically. Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.4 �� its height; pronotum nearly vertical anteriorly and antescutal depression absent; side of pronotum smooth, including oblique groove (Fig. 27); mesopleuron convex, shiny and smooth; precoxal sulcus absent; episternal scrobe absent (Fig. 24); mesosternal suture shallow and smooth; notauli complete, smooth and moderately impressed, remaining separated posteriorly and in between with a long and smooth groove (Fig. 28); mesoscutum strongly shiny, smooth, only middle lobe and near notauli setose; scutellar sulcus largely smooth (Fig. 28); scutellum wide, slightly convex, smooth and shiny; metapleuron largely smooth; propodeum evenly convex, smooth and shiny (Fig. 28). Wings. Fore wing: pterostigma triangular (Fig. 25); 1-M straight; 1-SR longer than wide; 1-SR+M present anteriorly; 1-R1 0.9 �� longer than pterostigma; vein r emitted from middle of pterostigma and slender; r:3-SR+SR1:2- SR = 4:34:15; vein SR1 evenly curved (Fig. 25); 2-M much shorter than 2-SR; m-cu antefurcal; 1-CU1 and cu-a widened, subequal; 1-CU1:2-CU1 = 1:10; CU1b absent; basal and subbasal cells of fore wing similarly setose as other cells. Hind wing: M+CU:1-M:1r-m = 17:32:12; all cells equally densely setose; m-cu not indicated; 2-SC+R widened (Fig. 26). Legs. Hind coxa smooth; tarsal claws rather robust and simple; length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 3.2, 7.0 and 5.4 �� as long as their maximum width; hind tibial spurs 0.35 and 0.40 �� as long as basitarsus. Metasoma. First tergite 0.8 �� longer than its apical width, gradually widened apically, convex, only posteriorly longitudinally rugose, shiny, dorsope absent, its dorsal carinae coarsely developed basally and protruding, weakly converging, posteriorly absent (Fig. 28); first tergite laterally with rather small laterope in distinctly crenulate glymma; second and third tergites mainly smooth, but rugose behind basal area (Fig. 29); basal area of second tergite transverse, medium-sized, smooth and 0.15 �� as long as combined second and third tergites; third tergite with slightly indicated oblique antero-lateral grooves; second metasomal suture distinct medially and crenulate; epipleura of 2 nd��� 3 rd tergites semi-transparent (Fig. 24); remainder of metasoma smooth. Colour. Black; palpi white; scapus and legs (but apex of hind tibia and hind tarsus infuscated or dark brown) pale yellowish or brownish yellow; tegulae brown and anteriorly darkened; remainder of antenna blackish; face and clypeus dark brown (Fig. 31); metasoma pale brownish and whitish ventrally (Fig. 24); pterostigma dark brown; most veins of fore wing (except basally) brown; wing membrane subhyaline. Etymology. Named after Dr Khuat Dang Long (IEBR, Hanoi) for his friendship and help as counterpart during the expeditions in Vietnam. Distribution. Vietnam. Collected in open montane forest on lime stone at 1041 m., Published as part of Tian, Xiao-Xia, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Wu, Jia-Xuan & Tan, Jiang-Li, 2020, New Gnamptodontinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from China and Vietnam, with two genera new for China and seven new species, pp. 471-508 in Zootaxa 4778 (3) on pages 481-483, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4778.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3828694

Utetes breviculus Chen & Weng, 2005 Utetes breviculus Chen & Weng [as ���Geng���], 2005: 156, figs 73A���D, 206���207 (examined). Type material. Holotype, ♂ (FAFU) ���[China:] Ningxia, Mt. Liupan, Xixia, 2.viii.2001, Quanxiu Shi ���. Comparative diagnosis. Differs from the other species from NW China by its larger size (length of body of ♂ approx. 5 mm; less than 4 mm in other species), colour of the wing membrane (brown instead of subhyaline) and the presence of vein m-cu in the hind wing (absent in other species). Distribution. China (Ningxia). Biology. Unknown., Published as part of Tan, Jiang-Li, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Zhang, Ruo-Nan & Wu, Jia-Xuan, 2018, Five new species of Utetes Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Opiinae) from NW China, pp. 525-541 in Zootaxa 4402 (3) on page 530, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4402.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/1209750, {"references":["Chen, J. - H. & Weng, R. - Q. (2005) Systematic studies on Opiinae of China (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Fujian Science and Technology Publishing House, Fujian, iii + 2 + 9 + 269."]}

Utetes karsius Tan & van Achterberg, sp. n. (Figs 27–39) Type material. Holotype, ♀ (NWUX) “NW China: Shaanxi, Qinling Mts, Foping, near Biol [ogical] Stat [ion], Mal [aise] trap, 33˚39'29"N 107˚48'25"E, 29.v.–19.vi.2016, c 1710 m, JL. Tan & C. v. Achterberg, NWUX”. Comparative diagnosis. Similar to U. elongisulcus sp. n. because of the presence of “shoulders” in front of the notauli, the high number of antennomeres and the protruding ovipositor sheath, but the new species has the first discal cell of fore wing strongly transverse (normal in U. elongisulcus), the precoxal sulcus largely absent and with only a few crenulae (wide and with coarse crenulae) and the shoulders less protuberant (distinctly protuberant). Resembles U. rosae (Tobias, 1977) because of the long setose part of the ovipositor sheath (0.8 × hind tibia) and the short elliptical precoxal sulcus. The new species differs mainly by the moderately developed shoulders of the mesoscutum anteriorly (absent in U. rosae), the short medio–longitudinal carina of propodeum anteriorly (absent), the antenna of ♀ with approx. 41 antennomeres (35–38 antennomeres), the pronotal side smooth posteriorly (finely crenulate), the first discal cell of fore wing about 3 × wider than high medially (about 2.2 ×), the black mesoscutum (partly reddish) and vein m-cu of the fore wing subinterstitial (distinctly postfurcal). Description. Holotype, ♀, length of body 3.4 mm, of fore wing 3.7 mm. Head. Antenna with 41 antennomeres, medium-sized bristly setose and 1.1 × as long as fore wing; third antennomere 1.3 × as long as fourth antennomere, length of third, fourth and penultimate antennomeres 2.0, 1.6 and 1.3 × their width, respectively (Fig 32–34); length of maxillary palp 0.8 × height of head; labial palp segments slender; occipital carina distinctly separated from hypostomal carina and dorsally absent; hypostomal carina very wide (Fig. 29); length of eye in dorsal view 2.7 × temple; frons shallowly depressed anteriorly but with median elevation and in front of anterior ocellus with indistinct depression, medially smooth and glabrous, laterally punctulate and setose (Fig. 36); face sparsely and finely punctate but medial elevation area smooth, conspicuously setose (Fig. 35); width of clypeus 3.1 × its maximum height and 0.6 × width of face; clypeus moderately convex medially, with coarse punctures and protruding forwards, ventrally straight and rather thin; hypoclypeal depression large (Fig. 35) and labrum smooth except for some striae; malar suture absent and area flat; length of malar space 0.9 × basal width of mandible; mandible triangular and with weakly developed ventral and dorsal carinae (Fig. 39). Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.2 × its height; pronope large slit-shaped, deep (Fig. 36); pronotal side largely smooth posteriorly; epicnemial area largely smooth; precoxal sulcus medium-sized and superficially crenulate (left side, on right side more extensively punctate and connected to anterior margin), pointing to area in front of middle coxa and remaining far from posterior margin of mesopleuron; remainder of mesopleuron smooth (except row of punctulation behind precoxal sulcus) and strongly shiny; pleural sulcus smooth; anterior groove of metapleuron with few distinct crenulae ventrally (Fig. 29); notauli largely absent on disc, but anteriorly shallowly impressed behind moderately developed “shoulders” (Fig. 30); lateral lobes of mesoscutum largely glabrous and strongly shiny, only notaulic courses and middle lobe medially and anteriorly with setae; medio-posterior depression of mesoscutum rather deep, rather elongate droplet-shaped and medium-sized; scutellar sulcus medium–sized and finely crenulate; scutellum rather convex medially, smooth between sparse punctulation and only laterally densely setose (Fig. 30); propodeum with short medio–longitudinal carina connected to irregular and distinctly transverse carina, dorsally and medially crenulate-rugose and posteriorly mainly smooth (Figs 30–31). Wings. Fore wing (Fig. 28): pterostigma triangular; 1-R1 ending nearly at wing apex and 1.6 × as long as pterostigma; r:3-SR:SR1 = 4:30:50; 2-SR:3-SR:r–m = 20:30:9; r widened basally; 1-SR 0.7 × 1-M; first discal cell distinctly transverse, its maximum width 3.0 × its medial height (Fig. 28); 1-M and SR1 weakly curved; m–cu subinterstitial; cu-a oblique and distinctly postfurcal; first subdiscal cell closed, CU1b rather long; apical 0.3 of M+CU1 sclerotized. Hind wing (Fig. 28): M+CU:1-M:1r–m = 19:20:14; cu-a straight; m-cu completely absent. Legs. Length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 3.6, 7.8 and 4.6 × as long as wide, respectively; hind femur with long setae, especially ventrally (Fig. 37); carinula of hind tibia lamelliform basally, rather long and slightly curved (Fig. 38). Metasoma. Length of first tergite 0.9 × its apical width, its surface evenly convex medially, smooth except some sculpture medially, without median carina, with dorsal carinae remaining separated and present in basal 0.6; second tergite with pair of short basal depressions; second and following tergites smooth (Fig. 31); length of setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.24 × fore wing (entire visible sheath 0.30 ×) and 0.8 × hind tibia (Fig. 28). Colour. Black; palpi, clypeus ventrally, mandible (but teeth dark brown), tegulae, and legs (but telotarsi dark brown) yellow; metasoma ventrally dark brown; wing membrane subhyaline; veins of hind wing and of basal third of fore wing (except C+SC+R) brown; pterostigma and remainder of veins dark brown. Distribution. China (Shaanxi). Biology. Unknown. Etymology. From “karsios” (Greek for “crosswise”) because of the transverse first discal cell of the fore wing.

Utetes elongisulcus Tan & van Achterberg, sp. n. (Figs 14���26) Type material. Holotype, ♀ (NWUX) ���NW China: Shaanxi, Liuba, Hanzhong Zibai Mt. Nat. Res., N33.66�� E106.78��, 5.ix.2015, c. 1627 m, Jiangli Tan, NWUX���. Comparative diagnosis. Close to U. rosae (Tobias, 1977) because of the long setose part of ovipositor sheath (0.6 �� hind tibia) and the propodeum without a short medio���longitudinal carina anteriorly. The new species differs mainly by the distinctly developed shoulders of the mesoscutum anteriorly (absent in U. rosae), the antenna of ♀ with about 43 antennomeres (35���38 antennomeres) and the precoxal sulcus elongate (short elliptical). It shares with U. valens (Papp, 1978) from Korea the distinct ���shoulders��� and the long setose part of ovipositor sheath (0.6 �� hind tibia), but U. valens has vein 1-SR of fore wing 0.8 �� as long as vein 1-M (0.6 �� in U. elongisulcus), wing membrane infuscate (only weakly infuscate medially), antenna of ♀ with approx. 30 antennomeres (approx. 43 antennomeres) and vein m-cu of hind wing present (absent). Description. Holotype, ♀, length of body 4.2 mm, of fore wing 3.9 mm. Head. Antenna with 43 antennomeres, medium-sized bristly setose and 1.3 �� as long as fore wing; third antennomere 1.3 �� as long as fourth antennomere, length of third, fourth and penultimate antennomeres 2.6, 2.0 and 1.9 �� their width, respectively (Figs 19���21); length of maxillary palp 1.2 �� height of head; labial palp segments slender; occipital carina far separated from hypostomal carina and carina ventrally reduced and dorsally absent; hypostomal carina very wide (Fig. 16); length of eye in dorsal view 2.3 �� temple (Fig. 23); frons shallowly depressed anteriorly but with median elevation and in front of anterior ocellus with triangular pit, medially smooth and glabrous, laterally punctulate and setose; face sparsely and finely punctate but medial elevated area smooth (Fig. 22); width of clypeus 2.7 �� its maximum height and 0.6 �� width of face; clypeus moderately convex medially, with some coarse punctures and protruding forwards, ventrally straight and rather thin (Fig. 22); hypoclypeal depression large and labrum with coarse punctures; malar suture absent and area flat; length of malar space 0.8 �� basal width of mandible (Fig. 22); mandible triangular and with long narrow ventral carina and wider dorsal carina (Fig. 26). Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.3 �� its height; dorsal pronope slit���like, large; pronotal side largely smooth, only anteriorly and posteriorly narrowly crenulate; epicnemial area smooth; precoxal sulcus wide and coarsely crenulate, nearly up to anterior margin of mesopleuron, pointing to area in front of middle coxa and remaining far from posterior margin of mesopleuron (Fig. 16); remainder of mesopleuron smooth (except row of punctulation behind precoxal sulcus) and strongly shiny; pleural sulcus smooth; anterior groove of metapleuron with few indistinct crenulae (Fig. 16); notauli largely absent on disc, but anteriorly impressed behind distinctly developed ���shoulders��� (Fig. 17); lateral lobes of mesoscutum largely glabrous, only notaulic courses and medial line of middle lobe with setae; medio-posterior depression of mesoscutum deep, linear and long; scutellar sulcus rather wide and finely crenulate; scutellum distinctly convex medially, smooth and only laterally sparsely setose (Fig. 17); propodeum with very short medio���longitudinal carina connected to anteriorly pointing transverse carina and remainder mainly spaced rugose (Figs 17���18). Wings. Fore wing (Fig. 15): pterostigma triangular; 1���R1 ending nearly at wing apex and 1.7 �� as long as pterostigma; r:3-SR:SR1 = 3:30:52; 2-SR:3-SR:r-m = 20:30:10; r and base of 3-SR widened; 1-SR 0.6 �� 1-M; 1-M weakly curved; SR1 straight; m-cu subinterstitial; cu���a oblique and postfurcal; first subdiscal cell closed, CU1b medium-sized; apical 0.3 of M+CU1 sclerotized. Hind wing (Fig. 15): M+CU:1-M:1r-m = 9:9:5; cu���a straight; mcu completely absent. Legs. Length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 3.6, 8.3 and 4.8 �� as long as wide, respectively; hind femur and tibia with long setae, especially femur ventrally (Fig. 24); carinula of hind tibia long (Fig. 25). Metasoma. Length of first tergite equal to its apical width, its surface evenly convex medially, largely smooth except some short depressions, without median carina and with dorsal carinae remain separated and present in basal 0.4; second tergite with pair of short basal depressions; second and following tergites smooth (Fig. 18); length of setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.18 �� fore wing (entire visible sheath 0.21 ��) and 0.6 �� hind tibia (Fig. 24). Colour. Black body; clypeus (except dorsally), mandible (but teeth dark brown), palpi, scapus ventrally, tegulae, and legs (but telotarsi dark brown) yellow; large patch at temple dorsally and inner orbita narrowly orange brown; apex of third���seventh tergites membranous and brown; metasoma ventrally dark brown; wing membrane subhyaline but submedially weakly infuscate; veins of hind wing and of basal third of fore wing (except C+SC+R) brown; pterostigma and remainder of veins dark brown. Distribution. China (Shaanxi). Biology. Unknown. Etymology. From ���elongatus��� (Latin for ���prolonged���) and ���sulcus��� (Latin for ���groove���) because of the elongate precoxal sulcus., Published as part of Tan, Jiang-Li, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Zhang, Ruo-Nan & Wu, Jia-Xuan, 2018, Five new species of Utetes Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Opiinae) from NW China, pp. 525-541 in Zootaxa 4402 (3) on pages 530-532, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4402.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/1209750

Utetes subrosae Tan & van Achterberg, sp. n. (Figs 51–63) Type material. Holotype, ♀ (NWUX) “NW China: Ningxia, Liupan Mt., Jingyuan, Dongshanpo For [est] Farm, 35°23’26”N 106°20´34.27”E, 4.viii.2015, c. 1800 m, Jiangli Tan, NWUX ”. Paratypes: 1 ♂ (RMNH), same data as holotype; 1 ♂ (NWUX), id., but Erlonghe Forest Farm, 35°23’24.14”N 106°20´41.43”E, 2.viii.2015; 1♀ (RMNH), id., but Qiuqianjia Forest Farm, 35°32’56.94”N 106°24´50.89”E, 4.viii.2015, c. 1900 m; 1♀ (NWUX) “NW China: Shaanxi, from Huangguan to Xunyangba, Ningshaan, N33.54°, E105.36°, 1.vii.–17.viii.2016, 1236 m, black Mal. trap, Tan JL & Tan QQ, NWUX ”. Comparative diagnosis. Similar to U. rosae (Tobias, 1977) but the new species has the setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.3 × hind tibia (0.8 × in U. rosae), the mesoscutum with sharply protruding “shoulders” anteriorly (rounded anteriorly); the hind femur approx. 4 × as long as wide (approx. 3 ×) and the mediolongitudinal carina of propodeum short (absent). It shares with U. valens (Papp, 1978) from Korea the distinct “shoulders”, but U. valens has vein 1-SR of fore wing 0.8 × as long as vein 1-M (0.6 × in U. subrosae); vein m-cu of hind wing present (absent) and setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.6 × hind tibia (0.3 ×). Description. Holotype, ♀, length of body 3.2 mm, of fore wing 3.4 mm. Head. Antenna with 38 antennomeres, medium-sized bristly setose and 1.3 × as long as fore wing; third antennomere 1.2 × as long as fourth antennomere, length of third, fourth and penultimate antennomeres 2.4, 2.0 and 1.8 × their width, respectively (Figs 56–58); length of maxillary palp 1.1 × height of head; labial palp segments slender; occipital carina distinctly separated from hypostomal carina and carina ventrally reduced and dorsally absent; hypostomal carina very wide; length of eye in dorsal view 2.5 × temple; frons shallowly depressed anteriorly but with median crest and in front of anterior ocellus with shallow triangular depression, medially smooth and glabrous, laterally punctulate and setose (Fig. 60); face sparsely and finely punctate but medial crest area smooth (Fig. 59); width of clypeus 2.8 × its maximum height and 0.6 × width of face; clypeus moderately convex medially, with some coarse punctures and protruding forwards, ventrally straight and rather thin (Fig. 59); hypoclypeal depression large (Fig. 59) and labrum with some coarse punctures; malar suture absent and area flat; length of malar space 0.9 × basal width of mandible; mandible triangular and with long narrow ventral and dorsal carinae (Fig. 63). Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.3 × its height; pronope large slit-shaped, deep; pronotal side largely smooth, only medially and posteriorly crenulate; epicnemial area largely smooth; precoxal sulcus wide and coarsely crenulate, nearly up to anterior margin of mesopleuron, pointing to area near middle coxa and remaining far from posterior margin of mesopleuron; remainder of mesopleuron smooth (except row of punctulation behind precoxal sulcus) and strongly shiny; pleural sulcus smooth; anterior groove of metapleuron with few indistinct crenulae (Fig. 53); notauli largely absent on disc, but anteriorly shallowly impressed behind strongly developed “shoulders” (Fig. 54); lateral lobes of mesoscutum largely glabrous, only notaulic courses and middle lobe medially and anteriorly with setae; medio–posterior depression of mesoscutum deep, linear and long; scutellar sulcus rather wide and moderately crenulate; scutellum distinctly convex medially, smooth between sparse punctulation and only laterally densely setose (Fig. 54); propodeum with short medio-longitudinal carina connected to irregular and distinctly transverse carina, medially rugose and remainder mainly smooth (Figs 54–55). Wings. Fore wing (Fig. 52): pterostigma triangular; 1-R1 ending nearly at wing apex and 1.5 × as long as pterostigma; r:3-SR:SR1 = 3:30:53; 2-SR:3-SR:r-m = 20:30:10; r and base of 3-SR widened; 1-SR 0.6 × 1-M; 1-M and SR1 weakly curved; m-cu subinterstitial; cu-a oblique and narrowly postfurcal; first subdiscal cell closed, CU1b nearly as long as 3-CU1; apical 0.3 of M+CU1 sclerotized. Hind wing (Fig. 52): M+CU:1-M:1r–m = 21:20:15; cu-a straight; m-cu completely absent. Legs. Length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 4.1, 8.8 and 5.4 × as long as wide, respectively; hind femur and tibia with long setae, especially femur ventrally and tibia dorsally (Fig. 61); carinula of hind tibia long and slightly sinuate (Fig. 62). Metasoma. Length of first tergite 1.1 × its apical width, its surface evenly convex medially, largely smooth except some medium-sized depressions, without median carina and with dorsal carinae remaining separated and present in basal 0.9; second tergite with pair of short basal depressions; second and following tergites smooth (Fig. 55); length of setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.09 × fore wing (entire visible sheath 0.13 ×) and 0.3 × hind tibia (Fig. 61). Colour. Black; palpi, coxae, trochanters and trochantelli ivory; clypeus (except dorsally), mandible (but teeth dark brown), scapus ventrally, tegulae, and remainder of legs (but telotarsi dark brown) pale yellowish; vague patch at temple dorsally and inner orbita narrowly chestnut brown; apex of third–seventh tergites membranous and brown; metasoma ventrally dark brown; wing membrane subhyaline but submedially near veins weakly infuscate; veins of hind wing and of basal third of fore wing (except C+SC+R) brown; pterostigma and remainder of veins dark brown. Variation. Length of body 2.6–3.2 mm, of fore wing 3.0– 3.4 mm; antennomeres of ♀ 35(1), 37(1) or 38(1) and of ♂ 36(1) or 38(1), length of first tergite 1.1–1.3 × its apical width, length of setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.08–0.09 × fore wing and 0.3 × hind tibia; vein m–cu of fore wing subinterstitial or narrowly postfurcal. The males have the head entirely black dorsally and the precoxal sulcus less extensively crenulate. Distribution. China (Ningxia, Shaanxi). Map from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File: China _edcp_relief_location_map.jpg Biology. Unknown. Etymology. From “sub” (Latin for “under, somewhat”) and the specific name “ rosae ” because it is close to U. rosae (Tobias, 1977). Notes. We examined a very similar male from Yunnan (NWUX: Dali, Mt. Cang) but it has vein 1-SR+M of fore wing strongly sinuate and vein r of fore wing longer than in U. subrosae.

Utetes aharmus Tan & van Achterberg, sp. n. (Figs 1–13) Type material. Holotype, ♀ (NWUX) “NW China: Shaanxi, Qinling Mts., Guanghuojie, c. 100 m, 27.vi.2013, Jiangli Tan, NWUX”. Paratypes: 1 ♀ (RMNH), “NW China: Shaanxi, Liping Nat. For. P., betw[een] Hongchenxia– Shicheng, c. 1490 m, 21.vi.2015, 32°47’N 106°40´E, JL Tan ”; 1 ♀ (NWUX) “NW China: Shaanxi, Pingheiliang, Ningshaan, N33.47° E108.50°, 17.viii.–1.x.2016, 2188 m, b[lack] Mal. trap, Tan JL & Tan QQ, NWUX”. Comperative diagnosis. The new species runs in Tobias (1998) to Opius [= Utetes] rotundiventris Thomson, 1895; but U. rotundiventris has the flat lateral areas of the first metasomal tergite narrow, tergite nearly parallel– sided, with longitudinal sculpture and 1.5–1.8 × as long as its apical width (flat lateral areas wide, tergite slightly widened apically, with irregular rugae and 1.3–1.4 × in U. aharmus; Fig. 5), antennomeres of ♀ with short setae (with long setae; Figs 6–8), malar space about as long as basal width of mandible (0.5–0.7 ×), pronotal side anteromedially weakly crenulate (coarsely crenulate; Fig. 3), scutellum flat (somewhat to distinctly protruding above level of mesoscutum; Fig. 4), body length 2.0– 2.5 mm (2.9–4.0 mm) and hind femur about 5 × wider than long (4.2–4.5 ×; Fig. 11). Description. Holotype, ♀, length of body 2.9 mm, of fore wing 3.4 mm. Head. Antenna with 35 antennomeres and 1.3 × as long as fore wing, antennomeres with long setae; third antennomere 1.2 × as long as fourth antennomere, length of third, fourth and penultimate antennomeres 2.8, 2.1 and 1.9 × their width, respectively (Figs 6–8); length of maxillary palp 1.1 × height of head; labial palp segments slender; occipital carina far separated from hypostomal carina and carina dorsally widely absent; hypostomal carina rather wide; length of eye in dorsal view 2.4 × temple (Fig. 10); frons shallowly depressed behind scapus, smooth and glabrous; face finely and remotely punctate, 1.6 × wider than high medially, medially elevated (Fig. 9) and connected to median elevation of frons; width of clypeus 2.7 × its maximum height and 0.6 × width of face; clypeus moderately convex, with some coarse punctures and with long ventral setae, slightly protruding and thin ventrally (Fig. 9); hypoclypeal depression wide (Fig. 9); malar suture present as obsolescent depression (in paratype distinctly impressed); length of malar space 0.5 × basal width of mandible and malar space weakly convex; mandible triangular, robust apically, basal half regularly widened and with medium–sized ventral carina (Fig. 13). Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.3 × its height; dorsal pronope large, narrow elliptical (Fig. 4); pronotal side antero-medially and posteriorly coarsely crenulate and remainder smooth; epicnemial area largely smooth; precoxal sulcus medium-sized and distinctly crenulate, remaining far from anterior and posterior margins of mesopleuron; remainder of mesopleuron convex, strongly shiny and smooth; pleural sulcus smooth; only ventral half of anterior groove of metapleuron crenulated (Fig. 3); notauli absent on disc, only anteriorly deeply impressed and largely smooth (but rugose anteriorly) and no lateral carina in front of tegulae; mesoscutum rounded anteriorly (without “shoulders”), strongly shiny and largely glabrous (Fig. 4); its medio-posterior depression deep, wide droplet–shaped; scutellar sulcus rather wide and finely crenulate; scutellum slightly protruding above level of mesoscutum medially, smooth and largely glabrous (but laterally setose) (Fig. 4); propodeum with short medio– longitudinal carina connected to sinuate transverse carina and remainder rather coarsely rugose (Figs 4, 5). Wings. Fore wing (Fig. 2): pterostigma triangular; 1-R1 ending at wing apex and 1.4 × as long as pterostigma; r:3-SR:SR1 = 5:32:62; 2-SR:3-SR:r–m = 23:32:11; r widened; 1-M curved and 1-SR 0.4 × as long as 1-M; SR1 slightly curved; m-cu and cu-a weakly postfurcal; first subdiscal cell closed, CU1b long; apical 0.2 of M+CU1 sclerotized. Hind wing (Fig. 2): M+CU:1–M:1r-m = 24:20:13; cu-a straight; m-cu completely absent. Legs. Length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 4.5, 8.5 and 4.6 × as long as wide, respectively; hind femur and tibia with long setae (Fig. 11); carinula of hind tibia long and curved (Fig. 12). Metasoma. Length of first tergite 1.4 × its apical width, medially its surface distinctly convex and irregularly rugose, and with separate dorsal carinae, apical half slightly widened (Fig. 5); second tergite smooth, with pair of wide triangular basal depressions; following tergites smooth; length of setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.05 × fore wing and 0.2 × hind tibia (Fig. 11); ovipositor rather slender (Figs 11, 12). Colour. Body black; palpi ivory; legs (but hind tibia brownish apically), scapus and pedicellus ventrally, mandible (except dark brown teeth) and tegulae yellow; head anteriorly, orbita, second tergite and base of third tergite yellowish brown or yellow; metasoma (except first and second tergites) dark brown, but ventro–basally pale brown; wing membrane subhyaline; pterostigma and most veins brown. Variation. Length of body 2.9–4.0 mm, of fore wing 3.4–4.2 mm; antennomeres of ♀ 32–33(1), 35(1) or 39(1), face 1.6–1.8 × wider than high medially; length of first tergite 1.3–1.4 × its apical width, length of setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.05–0.06 × fore wing and 0.2–0.3 × hind tibia; pronotal side posteriorly coarsely crenulate or crenulae reduced; length of malar space 0.5–0.7 × basal width of mandible and malar space with shallow impression or with distinct malar suture; hind femur 4.2–4.5 × wider than long; face (except orbita), second and third tergites yellowish brown or dark brown. Distribution. China (Shaanxi). Biology. Unknown. Etymology. From “a” (Greek for “not”) and “harmos” (Greek for “shoulder”) because of lacking protruding shoulders.

Key to species of Utetes Foerster sensu stricto from NW China 1 Wing membrane brown; length of body (♂) about 5 mm; vein m-cu of hind wing present; [propodeum with a transverse carina and reticulate; medio-posterior depression of mesoscutum large and deep; hind femur 3.5 �� as long as wide; first metasomal tergite 1.4 �� as long as wide apically]........................................... U. breviculus Chen & Weng, 2005 ��� Wing membrane subhyaline, at most fore wing medially weakly infuscate; length of body 2.5���3.5 mm; vein m-cu of hind wing absent; [hind leg (except telotarsus) ivory, pale yellow and/or yellow]............................................ 2 2 Mesoscutum rounded anteriorly, without distinct ���shoulders��� (Figs 4, 43); malar space 0.5���0.7 �� as long as basal width of mandible and with malar suture distinctly to slightly impressed; vein 1-SR of fore wing 0.4���0.5 �� vein 1-M; setose part of ovi- positor sheath 0.2���0.3 �� hind tibia; [hind femur 3.9���4.5 �� as long as wide; medio���posterior depression of mesoscutum shallower and more or less droplet-shaped].................................................................... 3 ��� Mesoscutum with sharply protruding ���shoulders��� (Figs 17, 30, 53, 54); malar space 0.8 �� as long as basal width of mandible and flat; vein 1-SR of fore wing 0.6���0.7 �� vein 1-M; setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.3���0.8 �� hind tibia; [wing membrane subhyaline except near submedial veins; orbita partly orange or chestnut brown]................................... 4 3 Flat and smooth lateral areas of first metasomal tergite wide, about as wide as sculptured medial part (Fig. 5); apex of metasoma (including hypopygium) dark brown; face 1.6���1.8 �� as wide as high medially (Fig. 9); precoxal sulcus coarsely crenulate (Fig. 3); ovipositor rather slender (Fig. 12).................................................... U. aharmus sp. n. ��� Flat and smooth lateral areas of first metasomal tergite narrow, distinctly narrower than sculptured medial part (Figs 43, 44); apex of metasoma (including hypopygium) brownish yellow (Fig. 48); face about twice as wide as high medially (measured from ventral rim of antennal sockets; Fig. 46); precoxal sulcus finely crenulate (Fig. 42); ovipositor robust (Fig. 48)............................................................................................... U. stenotus sp. n. 4 ���Shoulders��� in front of notauli less protuberant (Fig. 30); first discal cell of fore wing strongly transverse (its maximum width about 3 �� its height medially: Fig. 28); setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.8 �� as long as hind tibia; precoxal sulcus largely absent and with only a few crenulae (Fig. 29); medio-posterior depression of mesoscutum shorter and more or less elongate droplet-shaped (Fig. 30).................................................................... U. karsius sp. n. ��� ���Shoulders��� in front of notauli more protuberant (Figs 17, 54); first discal cell of fore wing less transverse (its maximum width about twice its height medially: Figs 15, 52); setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.3���0.6 �� as long as hind tibia; precoxal sulcus wide and distinctly crenulate (Figs 16, 53); medio-posterior depression of mesoscutum long and linear (Figs 17, 54)....... 5 5 Setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.3 �� as long as hind tibia (Fig. 61); scutellum densely setose posteriorly (Fig. 54); propodeum with short medio-longitudinal carina anteriorly (Fig. 55); precoxal sulcus somewhat wider end pointing posteriorly close to middle coxa (Fig. 53); ♀ with about 38 antennomeres........................................... U. subrosae sp. n. ��� Setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.6 �� as long as hind tibia (Fig. 24); scutellum sparsely setose posteriorly (Fig. 17); propodeum without short medio���longitudinal carina anteriorly (Fig. 18); precoxal sulcus more elongate and pointing to area in front of middle coxa (Fig. 16); ♀ with about 43 antennomeres........................................ U. elongisulcus sp. n., Published as part of Tan, Jiang-Li, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Zhang, Ruo-Nan & Wu, Jia-Xuan, 2018, Five new species of Utetes Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Opiinae) from NW China, pp. 525-541 in Zootaxa 4402 (3) on pages 526-527, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4402.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/1209750, {"references":["Chen, J. - H. & Weng, R. - Q. (2005) Systematic studies on Opiinae of China (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Fujian Science and Technology Publishing House, Fujian, iii + 2 + 9 + 269."]}