taxonID	type	description	language	source
9151878DFFBDFF824A8DFF6EFBF0FD17.taxon	description	(Figure 1)	en	Tang, Pu, Van Achterberg, Cornelis, Chen, Xue-Xin (2017): The genus Bassus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) in China, with description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (45 - 46): 2745-2758, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096
9151878DFFBDFF824A8DFF6EFBF0FD17.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined 1 ♀, Fujian Prov., Guadun, 27.73 N 117.63 E, 24. VII. 1985, Wang Jiashe, No. 854,445 (ZJUH); 1 ♂, Fujian Prov., Wuyishan Tongmu, 27.75 N 117.67 E, 14. VII. 1994, Chen Xuexin, No. 942,296 (ZJUH); 1 ♂, Tibet, Motuo Kadong, 29.32 N 95.32 E, 1070 m, 14. V. 1980, Jin Gentao & Wu Jianyi, No. 34,201,642 (SHEM).	en	Tang, Pu, Van Achterberg, Cornelis, Chen, Xue-Xin (2017): The genus Bassus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) in China, with description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (45 - 46): 2745-2758, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096
9151878DFFBDFF824A8DFF6EFBF0FD17.taxon	distribution	Distribution China (Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Ningxia, Tibet, Taiwan); Vietnam; Japan; Korea.	en	Tang, Pu, Van Achterberg, Cornelis, Chen, Xue-Xin (2017): The genus Bassus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) in China, with description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (45 - 46): 2745-2758, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096
9151878DFFBDFF824A44FD3BFDADFBE8.taxon	description	(Figure 2)	en	Tang, Pu, Van Achterberg, Cornelis, Chen, Xue-Xin (2017): The genus Bassus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) in China, with description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (45 - 46): 2745-2758, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096
9151878DFFBDFF824A44FD3BFDADFBE8.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype of B. albozonatus: ♂, Aga. 282, ‘ NE Vietnam: Ninh Binh, Cuc Phuong N. P., MT, 20.38 N 105.57 E, 5 – 10. v. 2002, K. D. Long’ (RMNH); 1 ♂, Hainan Prov., Jianfengling, 18.72 N 108.90 E, 7. VI. 2007, Liu Jingxian, No. 200,702,408 (ZJUH).	en	Tang, Pu, Van Achterberg, Cornelis, Chen, Xue-Xin (2017): The genus Bassus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) in China, with description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (45 - 46): 2745-2758, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096
9151878DFFBDFF824A44FD3BFDADFBE8.taxon	distribution	Distribution China (Hainan) new record; Vietnam.	en	Tang, Pu, Van Achterberg, Cornelis, Chen, Xue-Xin (2017): The genus Bassus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) in China, with description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (45 - 46): 2745-2758, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096
9151878DFFBDFF804AA2FB7EFDE2FF65.taxon	description	(Figure 3) Description Holotype, ♀, length of body 7.6 mm, of fore wing 6.6 mm, of ovipositor sheath 6.0 mm. Head. Antennae broken, with more than 24 segments, length of third segment 1.3 times fourth segment; third and fourth segments 3.7 and 3.4 times their width, respectively; length of maxillary palp 0.9 times height of head; malar space 2.9 times as long as basal width of mandible; temple short, in dorsal view length of eye 2.7 times temple; ocelli in low triangle, POL: OD: OOL = 9: 6: 14; face with distinct fine punctures; frons shiny, smooth; vertex and temple shiny with sparse minute punctures. Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.5 times its height; subpronope shallow; pronotum largely smooth laterally, with sparse fine punctures dorsally; area near lateral carina of mesoscutum sparsely crenulate; lateral and middle lobes of mesoscutum sparsely and distinctly punctate, uneven and smooth posteriorly; notauli complete, moderately crenulate; scutellar sulcus 0.7 times as long as dorsal face of scutellum and with three carinae; scutellum slightly convex and distinctly narrowed with lateral carina, shiny with sparse fine punctures, its subposterior crest curved; precoxal sulcus shallow, moderately crenulate; mesopleuron below precoxal sulcus with dense and rather coarse punctures; mesopleuron above precoxal sulcus largely smooth; metapleuron with distinct dense punctures; propodeum closely reticulate-rugose; propodeal spiracle small, as long as wide. Wings. Fore wing: second submarginal cell trapezoid; vein SR 1 straight; r: 3 - SR + SR 1 = 5: 66. Hind wing: vein M + CU 0.7 times as long as vein 1 - M. Legs. Length of hind femur, tibia and basitarsus 3.7, 7.4 and 9.6 times their width, respectively; hind femur (as remainder of legs) with bristly setae; length of outer and inner spur of middle tibia 0.3 and 0.4 times middle basitarsus, respectively; apex of outer side of hind tibia with a cluster of eight pegs; length of outer and inner spur of hind tibia 0.25 and 0.4 times hind basitarsus, respectively; tarsal claws without lobe. Metasoma. Length of first tergite 1.9 times its apical width; first tergite sparsely and rather coarsely longitudinally striate, dorsal carinae nearly complete; second tergite largely smooth, but transverse groove and area behind it finely striate; remainder of metasoma smooth; ovipositor sheath 0.9 times as long as fore wing, slender. Colour. Orange brown; propodeum, first metasomal, third to eighth metasomal segments, middle coxa, middle trochantellus, basal of middle femur, hind coxa, hind trochantellus and hind femur black; hind tibial spurs brown; second tergite ivory dorsally and first to third tergites white ventrally; hind tibia and tarsus dark brown, except yellow basal ring; veins and pterostigma dark brown; apical 0.4 of fore wing distinctly infuscate and remainder of wings slightly infuscate or subhyaline.	en	Tang, Pu, Van Achterberg, Cornelis, Chen, Xue-Xin (2017): The genus Bassus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) in China, with description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (45 - 46): 2745-2758, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096
9151878DFFBDFF804AA2FB7EFDE2FF65.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype, ♀, China, Guangxi Prov., Jiuwandashan Pingying, 25.05 N 108.73 E, 30. VII. 2003, Wang Yiping, No. 20,037,500 (ZJUH).	en	Tang, Pu, Van Achterberg, Cornelis, Chen, Xue-Xin (2017): The genus Bassus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) in China, with description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (45 - 46): 2745-2758, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096
9151878DFFBDFF804AA2FB7EFDE2FF65.taxon	distribution	Distribution China (Guangxi).	en	Tang, Pu, Van Achterberg, Cornelis, Chen, Xue-Xin (2017): The genus Bassus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) in China, with description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (45 - 46): 2745-2758, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096
9151878DFFBDFF804AA2FB7EFDE2FF65.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology Unknown.	en	Tang, Pu, Van Achterberg, Cornelis, Chen, Xue-Xin (2017): The genus Bassus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) in China, with description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (45 - 46): 2745-2758, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096
9151878DFFBDFF804AA2FB7EFDE2FF65.taxon	etymology	Etymology Name derived from the name of province where the holotype was collected.	en	Tang, Pu, Van Achterberg, Cornelis, Chen, Xue-Xin (2017): The genus Bassus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) in China, with description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (45 - 46): 2745-2758, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096
9151878DFFBDFF804AA2FB7EFDE2FF65.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis This new species is very similar to B. albifasciatus (Watanabe), but differs in having the notauli moderately crenulate (rather narrowly crenulate in B. albifasciatus); the mesopleuron below the precoxal sulcus with dense and rather coarse punctures (with sparse fine punctures); and the precoxal sulcus shallow and shorter (distinct and 0.8 times as long as mesopleuron).	en	Tang, Pu, Van Achterberg, Cornelis, Chen, Xue-Xin (2017): The genus Bassus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) in China, with description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (45 - 46): 2745-2758, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096
9151878DFFBFFF814AB8FEC9FD26FB9C.taxon	description	(Figure 4) Description Holotype, ♀, length of body 8.3 mm, of fore wing 7.6 mm, of ovipositor sheath 9.0 mm. Head. Antenna with 29 segments, length of third segment 1.15 times fourth segment; third, fourth and penultimate segments 3.75, 4.3 and 1.5 times their width, respectively; length of apical segment 1.3 times as long as penultimate segment; length of maxillary palp 0.6 times height of head; malar space 2.1 times as long as basal width of mandible; temple short, in dorsal view length of eye twice temple; ocelli in low triangle, POL: OD: OOL = 6: 7: 18; face with distinct fine punctures; frons shiny and smooth; vertex and temple shiny with sparse minute punctures. Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.5 times its height; subpronope shallow; pronotum largely smooth laterally, with sparse fine punctures dorsally; area near lateral carina of mesoscutum sparsely crenulate; lateral and middle lobes of mesoscutum sparsely and finely punctate, flat and smooth posteriorly; notauli complete, narrowly crenulate; scutellar sulcus 0.7 times as long as dorsal face of scutellum and with three carinae; scutellum slightly convex and distinctly narrowed, with lateral carina, shiny with sparse fine punctures, its subposterior crest curved; precoxal sulcus shallow, narrow, almost smooth; mesopleuron below precoxal sulcus nearly smooth; mesopleuron above precoxal sulcus largely smooth; metapleuron with distinct sparse punctures, areolaterugose ventrally; propodeum closely reticulate-rugose; propodeal spiracle small, 1.25 times as long as wide. Wings. Fore wing: second submarginal cell triangular; vein SR 1 straight; r: 3 - SR + SR 1 = 4: 47; vein cu-a distinctly postfurcal. Hind wing: vein M + CU 0.6 times as long as vein 1 - M. Legs. Length of hind femur, tibia and basitarsus 3.8, 9.4 and 10.2 times their width, respectively; hind femur (as remainder of leg) with bristly setae; length of outer and inner spur of middle tibia 0.3 and 0.4 times middle basitarsus, respectively; apex of outer side of hind tibia with a cluster of 10 pegs; length of outer and inner spur of hind tibia 0.25 and 0.4 times hind basitarsus, respectively; tarsal claws without lobe. Metasoma. Length of first tergite 1.6 times its apical width; first tergite sparsely and rather coarsely longitudinally striate, dorsal carinae nearly complete; second tergite sparsely and coarsely longitudinally striate, but smooth medially; remainder of metasoma smooth; ovipositor sheath 1.2 times as long as fore wing, slender. Colour. Orange brown; propodeum, first metasomal, apical half of third, fourth to eighth metasomal segments, middle coxa, middle trochantellus, most of middle femur, hind coxa, hind trochantellus and hind femur black; hind tibial spurs brown; second and basal half of third tergites ivory dorsally and first-third tergites white ventrally; hind tibia and tarsus dark brown, except yellow basal ring; veins and pterostigma dark brown; apical 0.4 of fore wing distinctly infuscate and remainder of wings slightly infuscate or subhyaline.	en	Tang, Pu, Van Achterberg, Cornelis, Chen, Xue-Xin (2017): The genus Bassus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) in China, with description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (45 - 46): 2745-2758, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096
9151878DFFBFFF814AB8FEC9FD26FB9C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype: ♀, China, Tibet, Motuo Kadong, 29.32 N, 95.32 E, 1070 m, 14. V. 1980, Jin Gentao & Wu Jianyi, No. 34,201,643 (SHEM). Paratype: 1 ♀, with same data, but No. 34,202,116 (SHEM).	en	Tang, Pu, Van Achterberg, Cornelis, Chen, Xue-Xin (2017): The genus Bassus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) in China, with description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (45 - 46): 2745-2758, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096
9151878DFFBFFF814AB8FEC9FD26FB9C.taxon	distribution	Distribution China (Tibet).	en	Tang, Pu, Van Achterberg, Cornelis, Chen, Xue-Xin (2017): The genus Bassus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) in China, with description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (45 - 46): 2745-2758, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096
9151878DFFBFFF814AB8FEC9FD26FB9C.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology Unknown.	en	Tang, Pu, Van Achterberg, Cornelis, Chen, Xue-Xin (2017): The genus Bassus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) in China, with description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (45 - 46): 2745-2758, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096
9151878DFFBFFF814AB8FEC9FD26FB9C.taxon	etymology	Etymology From ‘ levis ’ (Latin for ‘ smooth’) and ‘ sulcus ’ (Latin for ‘ furrow, groove’), because of the smooth precoxal sulcus.	en	Tang, Pu, Van Achterberg, Cornelis, Chen, Xue-Xin (2017): The genus Bassus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) in China, with description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (45 - 46): 2745-2758, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096
9151878DFFBFFF814AB8FEC9FD26FB9C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis This new species is very similar to B. albifasciatus (Watanabe), but differs in having the precoxal sulcus almost smooth (distinctly crenulate in B. albifasciatus); the malar space about twice as long as basal width of mandible (2.6 – 2.8 times); and the mesoscutum flattened posteriorly (rather convex posteriorly).	en	Tang, Pu, Van Achterberg, Cornelis, Chen, Xue-Xin (2017): The genus Bassus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) in China, with description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (45 - 46): 2745-2758, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096
9151878DFFBEFF874ABDFBB2FF1CFEDD.taxon	description	(Figure 5) Description Holotype, ♂, length of body 8.8 mm, of fore wing 8.2 mm. Head. Antennal segments 37, length of third segment 1.2 times fourth segment, length of third, fourth and penultimate segments 4.6, 3.8 and 2.1 times their width, respectively; length of apical antennal segment 1.1 times as long as penultimate segment; maxillary palp 0.6 times height of head; malar space 2.5 times as long as basal width of mandible; in dorsal view length of eye twice temple; ocelli in low triangle, POL: OD: OOL = 7: 7: 22; face shiny, with distinct punctures; frons with a medial ridge, smooth; vertex and temple shiny, with sparse minute punctures. Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.4 times its height; subpronope shallow; pronotum largely smooth with sparse fine punctures dorsally; area near lateral carina of mesoscutum sparsely crenulate; lateral lobes of mesoscutum shiny with fine punctures anteriorly, flat and smooth posteriorly; middle lobe of mesoscutum with sparse punctures and largely smooth posteriorly; notauli complete and finely crenulate; scutellar sulcus 0.4 times as long as dorsal face of scutellum and with three carinae; scutellum convex, rather long and narrowed posteriorly, without subposterior crest; precoxal sulcus short, shallow and rugose; mesopleuron below precoxal sulcus with sparse fine punctures; mesopleuron above precoxal sulcus largely smooth, but with sparse fine punctures posteriorly; metapleuron largely punctate anteriorly with irregular rugosity posteriorly; propodeum with three complete apical carinae and enclosing a large reticulate-rugose area; propodeal spiracle rather small elliptical, 1.5 times as long as wide. Wings. Fore wing: second submarginal cell small trapezoid; vein SR 1 straight; r: 3 - SR + SR 1 = 4: 59. Hind wing: vein M + CU 0.7 times as long as vein 1 - M. Legs. Length of hind femur, tibia and basitarsus 3.8, 8.2 and 11.5 times their width, respectively; hind femur (as remainder of legs) with short setae; length of outer and inner spur of middle tibia 0.4 and 0.5 times middle basitarsus, respectively; outer apex of middle tibia with a cluster of 10 pegs; outer apex of hind tibia with a cluster of 12 pegs; length of outer and inner spur of hind tibia 0.4 and 0.5 times hind basitarsus, respectively; outer side of hind coxa with sparse punctures and of hind femur with distinct punctures. Metasoma. Length of first tergite 1.2 times its apical width, with dorsal and dorsolateral carinae coarsely developed, dorsal carinae convergent, costate medially and posteriorly up to apex of tergite; first tergite sparsely but entirely coarsely rugose-striate; second tergite 1.4 times as long as third tergite, large basal area on two-thirds of tergite partly smooth or finely rugose-striate and remainder densely striate; remainder of metasoma smooth. Colour. Brownish yellow; antenna (but scapus yellow) brown; hind leg (but tibia with pale yellow basal ring) and metasoma black (but second tergite ivory and first and second tergites white ventrally); hind tibial spurs pale yellowish; pterostigma (except small pale brownish patch basally) and veins dark brown; wing membrane slightly infuscate or subhyaline, but apical 0.4 of fore wing rather infuscate.	en	Tang, Pu, Van Achterberg, Cornelis, Chen, Xue-Xin (2017): The genus Bassus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) in China, with description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (45 - 46): 2745-2758, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096
9151878DFFBEFF874ABDFBB2FF1CFEDD.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype: ♂, China, Tibet, Motuo Kadong, 29.32 N 95.32 E, 1310 m, 12. VI. 1980, Jin Gentao & Wu Jianyi, No. 34,202,308 (SHEM).	en	Tang, Pu, Van Achterberg, Cornelis, Chen, Xue-Xin (2017): The genus Bassus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) in China, with description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (45 - 46): 2745-2758, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096
9151878DFFBEFF874ABDFBB2FF1CFEDD.taxon	distribution	Distribution China (Tibet).	en	Tang, Pu, Van Achterberg, Cornelis, Chen, Xue-Xin (2017): The genus Bassus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) in China, with description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (45 - 46): 2745-2758, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096
9151878DFFBEFF874ABDFBB2FF1CFEDD.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology Unknown.	en	Tang, Pu, Van Achterberg, Cornelis, Chen, Xue-Xin (2017): The genus Bassus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) in China, with description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (45 - 46): 2745-2758, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096
9151878DFFBEFF874ABDFBB2FF1CFEDD.taxon	etymology	Etymology From ‘ robustus ’ (Latin for ‘ strong’), because of the robust face.	en	Tang, Pu, Van Achterberg, Cornelis, Chen, Xue-Xin (2017): The genus Bassus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) in China, with description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (45 - 46): 2745-2758, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096
9151878DFFBEFF874ABDFBB2FF1CFEDD.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis This new species is very similar to B. albozonatus van Achterberg & Long, but differs in having the malar space 2.5 times as long as basal width of mandible (twice in B. albozonatus); length of the first tergite 1.2 times its apical width (1.5 times); and the first tergite sparsely but entirely coarsely rugose-striate basally (almost smooth mediobasally).	en	Tang, Pu, Van Achterberg, Cornelis, Chen, Xue-Xin (2017): The genus Bassus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) in China, with description of three new species. Journal of Natural History 51 (45 - 46): 2745-2758, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1395096
