Yelicones Cameron

Gupta, Ankita, Pattar, Rohit, Hemanth Kumar, H. M. & Sushil, S. N., 2024, A taxonomic revision of the genus Yelicones Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India with description of two new species, Zootaxa 5512 (1), pp. 35-52 : 51

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5512.1.3

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13848657

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scientific name

Yelicones Cameron
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Key to the Indian species of the genus Yelicones Cameron View in CoL View at ENA

1. Hind wing vein 2-SC + R virtually absent ( Figs 7D View FIGURE 7 , 11 View FIGURE 11 , 12C View FIGURE 12 ); body length> 5mm; third metasomal tergites densely punctate ( Figs 8B View FIGURE 8 , 12D View FIGURE 12 )....................................................................................... 2

- Hind wing vein 2-SC + R distinctly transverse ( Figs 3B View FIGURE 3 , 5B View FIGURE 5 , 10D View FIGURE 10 ); body length <5mm; third metasomal tergites sparsely punctate or smooth ( Figs 3B View FIGURE 3 , 4F View FIGURE 4 , 5F View FIGURE 5 )..................................................................... 3

2. Face punctate without transverse striations ( Fig. 12A View FIGURE 12 ); OOL 3.0–3.5 × POL; pterostigma bicoloured ( Fig. 12B View FIGURE 12 ); ratio of fore wing vein 3-SR: r <1 (0.5–0.78); first metasomal tergite wider than long, 1.17–1.65 × as wide as long; second tergite and onwards sparsely punctate ( Fig. 12D View FIGURE 12 )............................. Y. belokobylskiji Quicke, Chishti and Chen, 1997 View in CoL

- Face distinctly rugose with transverse striations or rugae ( Fig. 7A View FIGURE 7 ); OOL 4.7 × POL; pterostigma uniformly pale yellow ( Fig. 7D View FIGURE 7 ); ratio of fore wing vein 3-SR: r>1; first metasomal tergite longer than wide, 1.2–1.3 × as long as wide; second tergite and onwards densely punctate ( Fig. 8B View FIGURE 8 )................................................. Y. elaeodendronicus sp. nov.

3. Antennae with fewer than 30 antennomeres ( Figs 5A View FIGURE 5 , 10A, 10B View FIGURE 10 ); first tergite partially brown ( Fig. 10C View FIGURE 10 ) or partially black ( Figs 4F View FIGURE 4 , 5E View FIGURE 5 ); second tergite with short basal longitudinal striations in anterior one-third to two-third ( Figs 5E, 5F View FIGURE 5 ); hind basitarsus with distinct greyish blotch medio-basally ( Figs 3A View FIGURE 3 , 10D View FIGURE 10 )..................................................... 4

- Antennae with more than 30 antennomeres; first tergite completely black ( Figs 12 View FIGURE 12 and 13 in Rishabanu et al. 2021); second tergite with only remnants of rugae at anterior margin ( Fig. 12 View FIGURE 12 in Rishabanu et al. 2021); hind basitarsus ivory-yellow ( Figs 1 View FIGURE 1 and 14 in Rishabanu et al. 2021)............................... Y. achterbergi Rishabanu, Binoy & Santhosh, 2021

4. Temple strongly constricted ( Fig. 10B View FIGURE 10 ); eye 3× as long as temple; OOL 5 × POL ( Fig. 10B View FIGURE 10 ); fore wing vein 2M subequal to 2-SR+M; 2-Cu1 4 × as long as 1-Cu1 ( Fig. 10D View FIGURE 10 )........................................ Y. contractus Papp, 1991 View in CoL

- Temple subtly constricted ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 ); eye at most 2.5–2.6 × as long as temple; OOL 2.6–2.9 × POL ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 ); fore wing vein 2M 2.0–2.3 × 2-SR+M and 2-Cu1 5 × as long as 1-Cu1 ( Fig. 5B View FIGURE 5 ).............................. Y. andamanensis sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

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