Adeshini van Achterberg, 2023

Quicke, Donald L. J., Ranjith, Avunjikkattu Parambil, Priyadarsanan, Dharma Rajan, Nasser, Mannankadiyan, Hebert, Paul D. N. & Butcher, Buntika A., 2023, Two new genera and one new species of the tribe Adeshini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Braconinae) from India and South Africa, ZooKeys 1166, pp. 235-259 : 235

Adeshini van Achterberg

Adeshini van Achterberg, 1983: 175; Quicke 1987: 99; Quicke 1988a: 265.

Diagnosis.

Distinguished from other Braconinae by having the first abscissa of fore wing vein 2CU (the normally transverse vein 2CUa) short or completely absent, with 2CUb often arising at the same level of 1CUb OR if below the level of 1CUb, then vein 2cu-a present AND veins 2CU distinct AND the former not longer than vein 2cu-a. Additionally, scapus shorter ventrally than dorsally in lateral view; hind wing vein 1r-m very short, approximately as long as R, and oblique, the basal cell consequently being very narrow; hind wing posteriorly emarginate and setosity of posterior margin of hind wing very long compared with that of the wing membrane; first metasomal tergite movably connected to the second tergite; ovipositor shorter than the metasoma, at least with a distinct, pre-apical, dorsal angulation and ventral serrations.

Distribution.

Afrotropical, Australian, and Oriental regions.

Host.

Hispine chrysomelid beetles.