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 text Zootaxa 2024 2024-09-18 5512 1 35 52 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5512.1.3 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5512.1.3 1175-5326 13848409 DCD7BAA2-43BE-4EDB-92A2-EF33C50A68D6 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 ).