Lycorina Holmgren, 1859

Ranjith, A. P., Sheikh, Altaf Hussain & Priyadarsanan, Dharma Rajan, 2022, Discovery of the Darwin wasp subfamily Lycorininae Cushman & Rohwer (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from India with description of a new species from Kashmir, Zootaxa 5165 (4), pp. 591-600 : 592-593

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Genus Lycorina Holmgren, 1859 View in CoL View at ENA

Lycorina Holmgren, 1859: 126 View in CoL .

Type species: Lycorina triangulifera Holmgren, 1859 View in CoL

Amyx Schiødte, 1839: 309. Type species: Amyx flavilabris Schiødte.

Toxophoroides Cresson, 1874: 406 . Type species: Lycorina View in CoL ? apicalis Cresson.

Chlorolycorina Cushman, 1920: 7 . Type species: Glypta scitula Cushman.

Gonioglyphus Seyrig, 1932: 183 . Type species: Lycorina fici Seyrig. View in CoL

Key to Indomalayan and Palaearctic species of Lycorina Holmgren View in CoL

1. Medial triangular area of metasomal tergites yellow.......................................................... 2

- Medial triangular area of metasomal tergites black ( Figs 2C–E View FIGURE 2 , 4E View FIGURE 4 , 5F View FIGURE 5 , 6F View FIGURE 6 )....................................... 3

2. Ovipositor sheath long, 2.2 × as long as hind tibia; propodeum with distinct submedial longitudinal carinae resulting in a closed area superomedia; second hind tarsomere 3.8 × as long as wide [ Indonesia]................ Lycorina longicauda Shimizu

- Ovipositor sheath of moderate length, less than 1.8 × as long as hind tibia; propodeum without submedial longitudinal carinae resulting in an open area superomedia; second hind tarsomere 2.0 × as long as wide [ China]...... Lycorina inareolata Wang View in CoL

3. Second hind tarsomere 3.0–3.6 × as long as wide............................................................ 4

- Second hind tarsomere less than 3.0 × as long as wide........................................................ 5

4. Clypeus with a medial tubercle; second hind tarsomere 3.0 × as long as wide; hind trochanter black [ China]........................................................................................ Lycorina clypeatuberculla Wang View in CoL

- Clypeus without medial tubercle ( Figs 1B View FIGURE 1 , 3A View FIGURE 3 ); second hind tarsomere 3.6 × as long as wide ( Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3 ); hind trochanter yellow [ India]........................................................................... Lycorina sehgali sp. nov.

5. Hind femur entirely reddish brown; second hind tarsomere 2.0 × as long as wide; ovipositor sheath 1.8 × as long as hind tibia [ Japan, China]............................................................. Lycorina ornata Uchida & Momoi View in CoL

- Hind femur mostly yellow ( Figs 4A View FIGURE 4 , 5A View FIGURE 5 , 6A View FIGURE 6 ), rarely black apically; second hind tarsomere more than 2.0 × as long as wide; ovipositor sheath less than 1.8 × as long as hind tibia......................................................... 6

6. Metasomal tergite with smooth apical triangular elevation; hind femur apically black; ovipositor sheath 1.2–1.3 × as long as hind tibia [ Malaysia]............................................................ Lycorina borneoensis Momoi View in CoL

- Metasomal tergite with punctate apical triangular elevation ( Figs 4E View FIGURE 4 ; 5F View FIGURE 5 ; 6F View FIGURE 6 ); hind femur entirely yellow ( Figs 4A View FIGURE 4 , 5A View FIGURE 5 , 6A View FIGURE 6 ); ovipositor sheath more than 1.3 × as long as hind tibia........................................................ 7

7. Metasoma completely black ( Fig. 6F View FIGURE 6 )..................................................................... 8

- Metasomal tergites with apical transverse yellow band ( Figs 4E View FIGURE 4 , 5F View FIGURE 5 )............................................. 9

8. Clypeus more transverse, 2.4 × as wide as medially long ( Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6 ); face medially black ( Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6 ); POL 1.1 × as long as OOL ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 ) [Widespread species].......................................... Lycorina triangulifera Holmgren View in CoL ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 )

- Clypeus less transverse, 1.6 × as wide as medially long; face medially yellow; POL 1.5 × as long as OOL [ China]..................................................................................... Lycorina flavomaculata Sheng

9. Apical yellow transverse bands of metasomal tergites indistinct ( Fig. 4E View FIGURE 4 ); clypeus 2.5 × as wide as medially long ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 ); scutellum mostly black, yellow apically ( Fig. 4D View FIGURE 4 ); antenna yellow ( Fig. 4A View FIGURE 4 )........ Lycorina ruficornis Kasparyan View in CoL ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 )

- Apical yellow transverse bands of metasomal tergites distinct, wide ( Fig. 5F View FIGURE 5 ); clypeus 2.2 × as wide as medially long ( Fig. 5B View FIGURE 5 ); scutellum mostly yellow ( Fig. 5E View FIGURE 5 ), black basally; antenna brown ( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 )....................................... 10

10. Face yellow ( Fig. 5B View FIGURE 5 ); fore and mid coxa yellow ( Figs 5A, B, D View FIGURE 5 ); apical half of propodeum yellow ( Figs 5D–F View FIGURE 5 ) [ China, Korea]..................................................................... Lycorina spilonotae Chao View in CoL ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 )