A taxonomic revision of the genus Yelicones Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India with description of two new species
Author
Gupta, Ankita
ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Post Bag No. 2491, H. A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 024, Karnataka, India.
Author
Pattar, Rohit
0000-0002-2243-3777
ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Post Bag No. 2491, H. A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 024, Karnataka, India.
rohitppattar5@gmail.com
Author
Hemanth Kumar, H. M.
0000-0003-0176-7396
ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Post Bag No. 2491, H. A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 024, Karnataka, India.
hemanthgowda9752@gmail.com
Author
Sushil, S. N.
0000-0002-5718-1629
ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Post Bag No. 2491, H. A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 024, Karnataka, India.
snsushil@yahoo.co.uk
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-09-18
5512
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35
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5512.1.3
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5512.1.3
1175-5326
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V.
Yelicones achterbergi
Rishabanu, Binoy & Santhosh, 2021
Yelicones achterbergi
Rishabanu, Binoy & Santhosh 2021
:
India
:
Kerala
,
Kozhikode
; ZSIK
Kozhikode
,
Kerala
,
India
.
Brief diagnosis.
This species can be distinguished from the other Indian species in having a black first tergite, second tergite without basal triangular area; hind basitarsus ivory-yellow (without greyish patch); second tergite smooth except with shallow remnants of rugae at the anterior margin; fore wing with veins 1-CU1 2× 2-CU1.
Comments.
This species can be identified using the original detailed description provided by
Rishabanu
et al.
2021
. The original description based on a single male specimen mentions the total number as 35 antennomeres however it can be counted as 36 (34+2) as per
Fig.
2
in
Rishabanu
et al.
2021
. The comparative characters with other closely allied species are provided in
Table 1
.
Distribution.
India
(
Kerala
).