Buluka

General description: 

The following description is taken from Mason (1981). Ovipositor short, sheath hairy only at apex; hypopygium short and sclerotized evenly.
Tergites I-III occupying entire dorsal surface of abdomen and all rugose; balance of abdomen withdrawn beneath them so that a carapace resembling that of Sigalphus or Aliolus (two non Microgastrinae braconid wasps) is formed. Tergite I articulating with II and bearing a median basal sharp groove. Propodeum rugose, with a median carina; metantotum closely appressed to scutellum. Apical band of scutellum broadly intemrpted by a rugose area; lateral lunules low; scutellum and scutum densely rugose. Propleuron with a small apical lobe overlapping the pronotum. Areolet large, quadrangular; vannal lobe convex and hairy.

Type: Buluka straeleni de Saeger 1948.

The following description is taken from Mason (1981). Ovipositor short, sheath hairy only at apex; hypopygium short and sclerotized evenly.
Tergites I-III occupying entire dorsal surface of abdomen and all rugose; balance of abdomen withdrawn beneath them so that a carapace resembling that of Sigalphus or Aliolus (two non Microgastrinae braconid wasps) is formed. Tergite I articulating with II and bearing a median basal sharp groove. Propodeum rugose, with a median carina; metantotum closely appressed to scutellum. Apical band of scutellum broadly intemrpted by a rugose area; lateral lunules low; scutellum and scutum densely rugose. Propleuron with a small apical lobe overlapping the pronotum. Areolet large, quadrangular; vannal lobe convex and hairy.

Type: Buluka straeleni de Saeger 1948.

Taxonomic name: 
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith