Description of a new species of Probrachista (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Trichogrammatidae) from Ladakh, India Author Khan, Mohd Talib 0000-0003-1994-6472 Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India. & athamohd @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1994 - 6472 athamohd@gmail.com Author Anis, Shoeba Binte Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India. Author Zaidi, Nida 0000-0003-0421-6194 Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India. & zaidinidaa @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0421 - 6194 zaidinidaa@gmail.com Author Irfan, Mohd 0000-0002-8501-6604 Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India. & iamirfan @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8501 - 6604 iamirfan@gmail.com Author Manhas, Safeer Ahmed Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-03-06 5249 5 585 588 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5249.5.5 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.5.5 1175-5326 7701385 CFE92769-1961-45B1-B5D7-CB20A2A62247 Key to species of Probrachista (female) 1. Antenna with clava 3-segmented........................................................................ 2 - Antenna with clava 2-segmented ( Malaysia )............................................... P. biclavata Viggiani 2. Antennal clava compact; C1 not separated from C2; C3 segment longest......................................... 3 - Antennal clava with C1 clearly separated from C2; C2 segment longest ( Nepal ; Vietnam )........... P. nepalensis Viggiani 3. Ovipositor long, arises from base of gaster and exserted...................................................... 4 - Ovipositor short, arises from basal third of gaster, and not exserted............................................. 5 4. Antenna with clava narrow; scape 3× as long as broad; ovipositor 2.7× as long as hind tibia ( Kenya )..................................................................................................... P. longiciliata Viggiani - Antenna with clava broad; scape 4× as long as broad; ovipositor 2.3× as long as hind tibia ( Vietnam ).. P. triclavata Viggiani 5. Head with frontovertex pale; gaster with broad brownish band and with narrow pale bands on T I–V; funicle shorter than combined lengths of C1 and C2; fore wing basally infuscate up to stigmal vein ( India ).................. P. bharatensis Hayat - Head with frontovertex black; gaster with narrow blackish band and with broad pale bands on TI–VII; funicle longer than combined lengths of C1 and C2; fore wing infuscate below stigmal vein ( India ).................. P. turtukensis sp. nov.