The parasites of cereal stem borers (Lepidoptera: Cossidae, Crambidae, Noctuidae, Pyralidae) in Africa, belonging to the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea)

A review is given of the parasites (parasitoids) of the African cereal stem borers (including introduced species) belonging to the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera); 38 species belonging to 19 genera are keyed and treated. Three new species are described: Macrocentrus sesamivorus spec. nov. from Kenya, Somalia, and Zaïre (Macrocentrinae), Iphiaulax pilisoma spec. nov. from Senegal, and Amyosoma flavistigma spec. nov. from Australia (Braconinae). New synonyms are: Euglyptobracon Telenga, 1936, with Pseudovipio Szépligeti, 1896; Lorenzoa de Stefani-Perez, 1909, Kulczynskia Niezabitowski, 1910, and Chivinia Shestakov, 1932, with Bracon Fabricius, 1804; Euvipio Szépligeti, 1904, with Stenobracon Szépligeti, 1901; Glyptomorpha baetica var. mauretanica Szépligeti, 1906, Euvipio fascialis Szépligeti, 1913, Ε. maculiceps Szépligeti, 1914, and Vipio maculicepsida Shenefelt, 1978, with Stenobracon unifasciatus (Brullé, 1846); Elphea lutea Cameron, 1903, with Stenobracon oculatus Szépligeti, 1901; Phanerotoma ocularis Kohl, 1906, P. rjabovi Vojnovskaja-Krieger, 1929, P. media Shestakov, 1930, P. ornatulopsis De Saeger, 1948, P. hispanica var. desertorum Hedwig, 1957, and P. flavitestacea Fischer, 1959, with P. leucobasis Kriechbaumer, 1894. New combinations are: Amyosoma chinense (Szépligeti, 1902), A. nyanzaense (Quicke & Wharton, 1989), A. yanoi (Watanabe, 1960), Bathyaulax nigripennis (Szépligeti, 1914), and Stenobracon rufus (Szépligeti, 1904). Lectotypes are designated for Camptothlipsis sublevis Granger, 1949, Bracon testaceorufatus Granger, 1949, and B. sesamiae Cameron, 1906. Bracon lautus Szépligeti, 1901, is designated type species for Lucobracon Fahringer, 1927.