Paradelius de Saeger, 1942

Ranjith, A. P. & Butcher, Buntika A., 2024, First record of the adeliine genus Paradelius de Saeger, 1942 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 5463 (4), pp. 573-580 : 574

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.4.7
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11612908
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scientific name	Paradelius de Saeger, 1942
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Paradelius de Saeger, 1942 View in CoL View at ENA

Paradelius, de Saeger 1942: 313 View in CoL .

Type species: Paradelius ghesquierei de Saeger, 1942 View in CoL (original designation).

Diagnosis. Antenna of female slender submedially, with 20–22 antennomeres ( Figs 1A View FIGURE 1 , 3A View FIGURE 3 ); maxillary palp with 3–5 palpomeres (3 in type species); clypeus almost as wide as face ( Figs 1B View FIGURE 1 , 3B View FIGURE 3 ); eyes setose ( Figs 1B View FIGURE 1 , 3B View FIGURE 3 ); prepectal carina present ( Figs 1D View FIGURE 1 , 3D View FIGURE 3 ); sternaulus mostly impressed ( Figs 1D View FIGURE 1 , 3D View FIGURE 3 ), rarely indistinct; dorsal areola of propodeum wide mostly without medial transverse carina ( Fig. 1F View FIGURE 1 ), rarely with indistinct transverse carina ( Fig. 3F View FIGURE 3 ); vein 1-SR of fore wing absent ( Figs 2C View FIGURE 2 , 4C View FIGURE 4 ); first and second metasomal tergites largely longitudinally sculptured ( Figs 2B View FIGURE 2 , 4B View FIGURE 4 ), rarely second tergite smooth; first and second metasomal sutures distinct and crenulate (second metasomal suture indistinct in P. ussuriensis ) ( Figs 2B View FIGURE 2 , 4B View FIGURE 4 ).