First record of the adeliine genus Paradelius de Saeger, 1942 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India with the description of two new species Author Ranjith, A. P. 0000-0001-7061-9659 Integrative Insect Ecology Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. ridhuranjith@gmail.com Author Butcher, Buntika A. 0000-0002-0541-0709 Integrative Insect Ecology Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. buntika.a@chula.ac.th text Zootaxa 2024 2024-06-07 5463 4 573 580 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5463.4.7 journal article 298495 10.11646/zootaxa.5463.4.7 80b23103-18d6-442a-b14b-a18a34e74295 1175-5326 11612531 8D1F2F7C-1907-4290-8B04-53BD73E0AB02 Key to the species of Paradelius de Saeger, 1942 1. Antenna with 22 antennomeres ( Figs 1A , 3A )............................................................... 2 – Antenna with 20 antennomeres.......................................................................... 3 2. Metasomal tergites yellow ( Fig. 2B ); metapleuron smooth ( Fig. 1D ); propodeal areola smooth without medial transverse carina ( Fig. 1F ).................................................................. Paradelius flavus Ranjith sp. nov. – Metasomal tergites brown ( Fig. 4B ); metapleuron striate ( Fig. 3D ); propodeal areola sculptured with indistinct medial transverse carina ( Fig. 3F )........................................................... Paradelius striatus Ranjith sp. nov. 3. Second metasomal suture indistinct; sternaulus not distinctly impressed; second metasomal tergite smooth................................................................................ Paradelius ussuriensis Belokobylskij, 1988 – Second metasomal suture distinct; sternaulus distinctly impressed; second metasomal tergite longitudinally striate........ 4 4. Second metasomal tergite smooth posteriorly; propodeal areola with indistinct medial transverse carina; hind wing vein cu-a not sclerotized......................................................... Paradelius ghesquierei de Saeger, 1942 – Second metasomal tergite longitudinally striate completely; propodeal areola without indistinct medial transverse carina; hind wing vein cu-a sclerotized................................................ Paradelius chinensis He & Chen, 2000