Braconid Parasitoids (Hymenoptera) of the Gall-making Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) in Japan

Six braconid species are dealt with as parasitoids of the gall-making Cecidomyiidae in Japan. All of them, Bracon asphondyliae (WATANABE), comb. nov. (=Ipobracon scurra FISCHER, syn. nov.), B. sunosei sp. nov., B. tamabae sp. nov. (=Ipobracon scurra auct. partim), Simplicibracon curticaudis sp. nov., Testudobracon longicaudis sp. nov., and T. pleuralis (ASHMEAD), comb. nov., belong to the tribe Braconini of the subfamily Braconinae. They are all described and keyed. B. tamabae and B. curticaudis parasitize the leaf gall midges on broad-leaved evergreen trees, while the others parasitize the fruit, pod or flower gall midges on various Dicotyledoneae.