<documentid="A86BF18DC4ADD493915C3E7DCAEE129A"ID-CLB-Dataset="51223"ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.4061.2.7"ID-GBIF-Dataset="40fbd8cf-876a-4653-9cbc-1a7d84485204"ID-ISSN="1175-5326"ID-Zenodo-Dep="256470"ID-ZooBank="09377312-102A-4315-BB6F-0B66EBBFF2DC"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="valdenar"checkinTime="1459675891192"checkinUser="plazi"docAuthor="Ranjith, A. P., Nasser, M., Rajmohana, K. & Quicke, D. L. J."docDate="2016"docId="BB1FC163A7243506FF018299FC020CD4"docLanguage="en"docName="zootaxa.4061.2.7.pdf"docOrigin="Zootaxa 4061 (2)"docStyle="DocumentStyle:647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D.9:Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleId="647186512141C8FC8976D5BCC54AEB7D"docStyleName="Zootaxa.2013-.journal_article"docStyleVersion="9"docTitle="Stephanobracon Ranjith & Quicke 2016, gen. nov."docType="treatment"docVersion="11"lastPageNumber="174"masterDocId="4726B91BA7253504FF968057FFFC0C2C"masterDocTitle="A new genus of Braconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India with remarkable head ornamentation"masterLastPageNumber="180"masterPageNumber="173"pageNumber="174"updateTime="1729188980864"updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
<mods:titleid="41EE49E9B51E1DB191A1BE7F01B940E8">A new genus of Braconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India with remarkable head ornamentation</mods:title>
<taxonomicNameid="F4B60BF6A7243505FF018299FDB90EC4"authority="Ranjith & Quicke"authorityName="Ranjith & Quicke"authorityYear="2016"box="[151,581,718,744]"class="Magnoliopsida"family="Dipterocarpaceae"genus="Stephanobracon"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Animalia"order="Malvales"pageId="1"pageNumber="174"phylum="Tracheophyta"rank="genus"status="gen. nov.">
<figureCitationid="AB8D6CF0A7243505FF0982A6FEFD0F26"box="[159,257,753,778]"captionStart-0="FIGURE 1"captionStart-1="FIGURE 2"captionStart-2="FIGURE 3"captionStartId-0="2.[151,250,1454,1476]"captionStartId-1="3.[151,250,1942,1964]"captionStartId-2="4.[151,250,1366,1388]"captionTargetBox-0="[184,1403,303,1408]"captionTargetBox-1="[214,1390,217,1907]"captionTargetBox-2="[183,1403,218,1324]"captionTargetId-0="figure@2.[156,1430,277,1429]"captionTargetId-1="figure@3.[187,1416,193,1932]"captionTargetId-2="figure@4.[156,1430,193,1345]"captionTargetPageId-0="2"captionTargetPageId-1="3"captionTargetPageId-2="4"captionText-0="FIGURE 1. Features of the head of Stephanobracon narendrani Ranjith & Quicke gen. et sp. nov. (A) Dorsal view; (B) Frontal view; (C, D) Oblique antero-dorsal views."captionText-1="FIGURE 2. Stephanobracon narendrani Ranjith & Quicke gen. et sp. nov., holotype. (A) Head, near lateral view; (B) Head oblique view; (C) Habitus, dorsal view; (D) Mesosoma, dorsal view; (E) Propodeum and anterior metasoma, dorsal view; (F) Metasoma, dorsal view."captionText-2="FIGURE 3. Stephanobracon narendrani Ranjith & Quicke gen. et sp. nov., holotype. (A) Habitus, lateral view; (B) Wings; (C) Apex of hind tarsus; (D) Apical part of ovipositor."figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.256471"figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.256472"figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.256473"httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/256471/files/figure.png"httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/256472/files/figure.png"httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/256473/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="174">Figs 1–3</figureCitation>
<taxonomicNameid="F4B60BF6A7243505FEAF836EFCBE0F7E"authority="Ranjith & Quicke"authorityName="Ranjith & Quicke"authorityYear="2016"box="[313,834,825,850]"class="Magnoliopsida"family="Dipterocarpaceae"genus="Stephanobracon"higherTaxonomySource="GBIF"kingdom="Plantae"order="Malvales"pageId="1"pageNumber="174"phylum="Tracheophyta"rank="species"species="narendrani"status="sp. nov.">
. Scapus longer ventrally than dorsally, distinctly laterally compressed and rather flaring towards apex. Face slightly rugose and bulging, with sublateral vertical ridges extended from to the upper level of clypeus to base of antennal toruli (
<figureCitationid="AB8D6CF0A7243505FDF983F2FD4E0F92"box="[623,690,933,958]"captionStart="FIGURE 1"captionStartId="2.[151,250,1454,1476]"captionTargetBox="[184,1403,303,1408]"captionTargetId="figure@2.[156,1430,277,1429]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="FIGURE 1. Features of the head of Stephanobracon narendrani Ranjith & Quicke gen. et sp. nov. (A) Dorsal view; (B) Frontal view; (C, D) Oblique antero-dorsal views."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.256471"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256471/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="174">Figs 1</figureCitation>
B, C, 2B). Dorsally each ridge forms a pointed teeth, behind which is a weakly excavated area, another ridge runs dorsally from antero-lateral area of frons which forms a second tooth on the anterior margin of a laterally-raised, transversely striated protuberance, which laterally slightly overlaps the dorsal margin of the eye and extends backwards up to the level of median ocellus forming a slightly raised carina (
<figureCitationid="AB8D6CF0A7243505FF098462FF1E0862"box="[159,226,1077,1102]"captionStart="FIGURE 1"captionStartId="2.[151,250,1454,1476]"captionTargetBox="[184,1403,303,1408]"captionTargetId="figure@2.[156,1430,277,1429]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="FIGURE 1. Features of the head of Stephanobracon narendrani Ranjith & Quicke gen. et sp. nov. (A) Dorsal view; (B) Frontal view; (C, D) Oblique antero-dorsal views."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.256471"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256471/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="174">Figs 1</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="AB8D6CF0A7243505FF60840EFEC5085E"box="[246,313,1113,1138]"captionStart="FIGURE 1"captionStartId="2.[151,250,1454,1476]"captionTargetBox="[184,1403,303,1408]"captionTargetId="figure@2.[156,1430,277,1429]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="FIGURE 1. Features of the head of Stephanobracon narendrani Ranjith & Quicke gen. et sp. nov. (A) Dorsal view; (B) Frontal view; (C, D) Oblique antero-dorsal views."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.256471"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256471/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="174">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="AB8D6CF0A7243505FEAB842AFE7D08BA"box="[317,385,1149,1174]"captionStart="FIGURE 1"captionStartId="2.[151,250,1454,1476]"captionTargetBox="[184,1403,303,1408]"captionTargetId="figure@2.[156,1430,277,1429]"captionTargetPageId="2"captionText="FIGURE 1. Features of the head of Stephanobracon narendrani Ranjith & Quicke gen. et sp. nov. (A) Dorsal view; (B) Frontal view; (C, D) Oblique antero-dorsal views."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.256471"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256471/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="174">Figs 1</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="AB8D6CF0A7243505FD7684F6FCD80896"box="[736,804,1185,1210]"captionStart="FIGURE 3"captionStartId="4.[151,250,1366,1388]"captionTargetBox="[183,1403,218,1324]"captionTargetId="figure@4.[156,1430,193,1345]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="FIGURE 3. Stephanobracon narendrani Ranjith & Quicke gen. et sp. nov., holotype. (A) Habitus, lateral view; (B) Wings; (C) Apex of hind tarsus; (D) Apical part of ovipositor."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.256473"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256473/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="174">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="AB8D6CF0A7243505FDEE852EFD4709BE"box="[632,699,1401,1426]"captionStart="FIGURE 3"captionStartId="4.[151,250,1366,1388]"captionTargetBox="[183,1403,218,1324]"captionTargetId="figure@4.[156,1430,193,1345]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="FIGURE 3. Stephanobracon narendrani Ranjith & Quicke gen. et sp. nov., holotype. (A) Habitus, lateral view; (B) Wings; (C) Apex of hind tarsus; (D) Apical part of ovipositor."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.256473"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256473/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="174">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
. Evenly setose. Fore wing. Vein r-rs arising at 0.4× of distance from base to apex of pterostigma. Second submarginal cell moderately elongate and distinctly narrowing distally (
<figureCitationid="AB8D6CF0A7243505FBA78596FB8A09F6"box="[1073,1142,1473,1498]"captionStart="FIGURE 3"captionStartId="4.[151,250,1366,1388]"captionTargetBox="[183,1403,218,1324]"captionTargetId="figure@4.[156,1430,193,1345]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="FIGURE 3. Stephanobracon narendrani Ranjith & Quicke gen. et sp. nov., holotype. (A) Habitus, lateral view; (B) Wings; (C) Apex of hind tarsus; (D) Apical part of ovipositor."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.256473"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256473/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="174">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="AB8D6CF0A7243505FEE485B2FE4809D2"box="[370,436,1509,1534]"captionStart="FIGURE 3"captionStartId="4.[151,250,1366,1388]"captionTargetBox="[183,1403,218,1324]"captionTargetId="figure@4.[156,1430,193,1345]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="FIGURE 3. Stephanobracon narendrani Ranjith & Quicke gen. et sp. nov., holotype. (A) Habitus, lateral view; (B) Wings; (C) Apex of hind tarsus; (D) Apical part of ovipositor."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.256473"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256473/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="174">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="AB8D6CF0A7243505FB6B85B2FAC309D2"box="[1277,1343,1509,1534]"captionStart="FIGURE 3"captionStartId="4.[151,250,1366,1388]"captionTargetBox="[183,1403,218,1324]"captionTargetId="figure@4.[156,1430,193,1345]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="FIGURE 3. Stephanobracon narendrani Ranjith & Quicke gen. et sp. nov., holotype. (A) Habitus, lateral view; (B) Wings; (C) Apex of hind tarsus; (D) Apical part of ovipositor."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.256473"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256473/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="174">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="AB8D6CF0A7243505FDBA867AFD950A6A"box="[556,617,1581,1606]"captionStart="FIGURE 3"captionStartId="4.[151,250,1366,1388]"captionTargetBox="[183,1403,218,1324]"captionTargetId="figure@4.[156,1430,193,1345]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="FIGURE 3. Stephanobracon narendrani Ranjith & Quicke gen. et sp. nov., holotype. (A) Habitus, lateral view; (B) Wings; (C) Apex of hind tarsus; (D) Apical part of ovipositor."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.256473"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256473/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="174">Fig.3</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="AB8D6CF0A7243505FB1D877EFB310B6E"box="[1163,1229,1833,1858]"captionStart="FIGURE 3"captionStartId="4.[151,250,1366,1388]"captionTargetBox="[183,1403,218,1324]"captionTargetId="figure@4.[156,1430,193,1345]"captionTargetPageId="4"captionText="FIGURE 3. Stephanobracon narendrani Ranjith & Quicke gen. et sp. nov., holotype. (A) Habitus, lateral view; (B) Wings; (C) Apex of hind tarsus; (D) Apical part of ovipositor."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.256473"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/256473/files/figure.png"pageId="1"pageNumber="174">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
Quicke’s (1987) key to the Old World genera of Braconinae, and then, with a little difficulty, to a group of genera with merinotoid metasomas including