A new species of genus Atanycolus Foerster, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) from India Author Ahmed, Ishtiaq Zoological survey of India, Kolkata, West Bengal- 700053 Author Kazmi, Sarfrazul Islam Zoological survey of India, Kolkata, West Bengal- 700053 Author Farooqi, Mohd Kaleemullah Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh- 202002 Author Ahmed, Zaheer Entomology Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J & K- 190006 text Zootaxa 2022 2022-04-05 5124 4 496 500 journal article 53634 10.11646/zootaxa.5124.4.8 48f29a74-3879-4709-9c1e-2586a23d09b8 1175-5326 6413729 1199ECE1-C313-459A-B046-9856B5A62631 Key to Indian species of Atanycolus Foerster, 1863 1. Malar space 0.25× the eye length ( Sikkim , India )...................................... A. hookeri ( Cameron, 1907 ) -. Malar space equal to or more than half the eye length......................................................... 2 2. Second metasomal tergite without parallel longitudinally impressed crenulated grooves laterally, medio-basal triangular area without a deep impression.............................................................................. 3 -. Second metasomal tergite with parallel longitudinally impressed crenulated grooves laterally, medio-basal triangular area deeply impressed ( Uttarakhand , India )............................................... A. initiator ( Fabricius, 1793 ) 3. Suture between second and third metasomal tergites completely smooth; tergites three to six light yellow; dorsal head with a large black drop-shaped spot around stemmaticum; Female antenna 33–38 segmented ( China )....................................................................................................... A. lindemani Tobias, 1980 * -. Suture between second and third metasomal tergites smooth laterally and shallowly crenulated medially; tergites three to six yellow; dorsal head without any black drop-shaped spot around stemmaticum; Female antenna 49–54 segmented........................................................................... A. tangmargensis Ahmed & Kazmi sp. nov. * A. lindemani Tobias, 1980 not known from India but we have included it in the key because the new species closely resembles it.