Adelius Haliday, 1833

Timóteo, Ferreira Manuel, Shimbori, Eduardo Mitio, Ferreira, João Pascoal Da Silva, José, Almeida Francisco, Almeida, Luis Felipe Ventura De & Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria, 2021, A new species of Adelius Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cheloninae) from the Afrotropical Region, Zootaxa 4933 (2), pp. 289-294 : 294

Key to Afrotropical species of Adelius Haliday

1. Body black; antenna with 20 antennomeres; propodeum rugulose with irregular areola.............. A. stenocolus ( Zaire)

- Body mostly yellow; antenna with 21 antennomeres; propodeum smooth and shiny, with complete and distinct areola..... 2

2. Fore wing vein cu-a interstitial to vein 1M; pterostigma broad, 2.2–2.5× longer than wide, issuing veins 2RS and 3RSa less distally from its middle and separately................................................ A. cadmium ( Cape Verde)

- Fore wing vein cu-a postfurcal to vein 1M and pterostigma less broad, about 3.0× longer than wide, issuing veins 2RS and 3RSa more distally from its middle ( Fig. 7 )................................................. A. kissama sp. n. ( Angola)

Figures

FIGURES 2–7. Adelius kissama sp. n. 2, holotype, female, lateral habitus; 3, paratype male, lateral habitus; 4, paratype, male, dorsal view; 5, antenna, male; 6, antenna, female; 7, wings, female.