Two new genera and one new species of the tribe Adeshini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Braconinae) from India and South Africa Author Quicke, Donald L. J. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4471-6775 Integrative Ecology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand Author Ranjith, Avunjikkattu Parambil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7061-9659 Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Jakkur Post, Bangalore 560064, India Author Priyadarsanan, Dharma Rajan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8137-3404 Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Jakkur Post, Bangalore 560064, India Author Nasser, Mannankadiyan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6460-1839 Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, Pin: 673635, India Author Hebert, Paul D. N. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3081-6700 Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, Guelph, Canada Author Butcher, Buntika A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0541-0709 Integrative Ecology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand buntika.a@chula.ac.th text ZooKeys 2023 2023-06-12 1166 235 259 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1166.105589 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1166.105589 1313-2970-1166-235 28C9F7E8C35B489DA278B92B1C43C270 8400FF0F6D0453528D2014A21F367948 Protadesha intermedia Quicke & Butcher sp. nov. Figs 4 , 5 Type material. Holotype , ♀. South Africa , Gauteng, Magaliesburg, Golden valley, private residence, 26.026°S , 27.545°E , 1526 m, coll. Herman Staude (CNCO). Paratype , 1♀ same data as holotype (CNCO). Description. Length of body 3.2 mm, of fore wing 2.7 mm and of ovipositor (part exserted beyond apex of metasoma 0.3 mm. Head . Antennae incomplete. Flagellomeres 1-3 approximately equal in length, 2.70 x longer than wide. Width of head: width of face: height of eye = 3.3: 1.8: 1.0. Face very finely alutaceous with some weak oblique striation ventro-laterally. Inter-tentorial distance 1.4 x tentorio-ocular distance. Malar space long; malar suture absent. Top of head finely coriaceous. Frons not impressed. Shortest distance between posterior ocelli: transverse diameter of posterior ocellus: shortest distance between posterior ocellus and eye = 1.8: 1.0: 2.0. Length of head behind eye 0.22 x length of eye in dorsal view. Mesosoma 1.65 x longer than high. Mesonotum finely coriaceous; notauli finely coriaceous. Mesopleuron weakly alutaceous dorso-laterally but otherwise largely shiny and glabrous. Mesosternum shiny but densely short setose. Propodeum with some irregular sculpture posteriorly. Wings . Lengths of veins r-rs: 3RSa: 3RSb = 1.0: 2.7: 6.8. Lengths of veins 2RS: 3RSa: rs-m = 1.4: 1.6: 1.0. Fore wing vein 2CUa distinct, approximately 0.6 x length of 2cu-a. Hind wing vein 1M 7.0 x longer than 1r-m. Legs . Lengths of fore femur: tibia: tarsus= 1.1: 1.0: 1.68. Lengths of fore femur: tibia: tarsus = 1.0: 1.5: 1.5. Metasoma . Metasomal tergites 1-5 alutaceous-coriaceous with some weak superimposed rugose sculpture laterally. First metasomal tergite without carinae. Second metasomal tergite 1.5 x wider posteriorly than long; 1.2 x longer than third metasomal tergite. Ovipositor sheathes approximately as long as hind basitarsus. Coloration. Body and legs uniformly dark honey brown except: three small dark marks, one on each lateral lobe and a smaller less distinct one medio-anteriorly on the medial lobe of the mesoscutum; tarsi of all legs which are darker brown. Wings with hyaline membrane and brown venation; pterostigma yellowish medially darker around its borders. It should be noted that the mounted holotype was chemically extracted for its DNA and is, as a consequence, is now somewhat duller than the fresh specimen would have been. Fig. 4A shows the specimen prior to DNA extraction. Figure 4. Protadesha intermedia Quicke & Butcher, sp. nov., ♀, holotype A habitus, lateral view B head, anterior view C head, dorsal view D head, lateral view E mesosoma, lateral view F mesosoma, dorsal view. Male. Unknown. Biology. Unknown. Distribution. South Africa (Gauteng). Etymology. The species name intermedia is Latin meaning in between, referring to the position of fore wing vein 2CUb relative to 1CU. Comments. DNA barcode cytochrome oxidase 1 and 28S D2-D3 expansion region sequences were obtained for the holotype (process ID = DQHYM029-17 sample ID = BIOUG36019-C05) and a barcode for the paratype (BIOUG09276-A04). Figure 5. Protadesha intermedia Quicke & Butcher, sp. nov., ♀, holotype A propodeum and metasoma, dorsal view B propodeum and metasoma, lateral view C metasomal tergites 1-3, lateral view D wings E middle part of fore wing detail F apex hind tarsus.