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 Key to the Indian species of the genus Yelicones Cameron 1. Hind wing vein 2-SC + R virtually absent ( Figs 7D , 11 , 12C ); body length> 5mm ; third metasomal tergites densely punctate ( Figs 8B , 12D )....................................................................................... 2 - Hind wing vein 2-SC + R distinctly transverse ( Figs 3B , 5B , 10D ); body length < 5mm ; third metasomal tergites sparsely punctate or smooth ( Figs 3B , 4F , 5F )..................................................................... 3 2. Face punctate without transverse striations ( Fig. 12A ); OOL 3.0–3.5 × POL; pterostigma bicoloured ( Fig. 12B ); ratio of fore wing vein 3-SR: r <1 (0.5–0.78); first metasomal tergite wider than long, 1.17–1.65 × as wide as long; second tergite and onwards sparsely punctate ( Fig. 12D )............................. Y. belokobylskiji Quicke, Chishti and Chen, 1997 - Face distinctly rugose with transverse striations or rugae ( Fig. 7A ); OOL 4.7 × POL; pterostigma uniformly pale yellow ( Fig. 7D ); ratio of fore wing vein 3-SR: r>1; first metasomal tergite longer than wide, 1.2–1.3 × as long as wide; second tergite and onwards densely punctate ( Fig. 8B )................................................. Y. elaeodendronicus sp. nov. 3. Antennae with fewer than 30 antennomeres ( Figs 5A , 10A, 10B ); first tergite partially brown ( Fig. 10C ) or partially black ( Figs 4F , 5E ); second tergite with short basal longitudinal striations in anterior one-third to two-third ( Figs 5E, 5F ); hind basitarsus with distinct greyish blotch medio-basally ( Figs 3A , 10D )..................................................... 4 - Antennae with more than 30 antennomeres; first tergite completely black ( Figs 12 and 13 in Rishabanu et al. 2021 ); second tergite with only remnants of rugae at anterior margin ( Fig. 12 in Rishabanu et al. 2021 ); hind basitarsus ivory-yellow ( Figs 1 and 14 in Rishabanu et al. 2021 )............................... Y. achterbergi Rishabanu, Binoy & Santhosh, 2021 4. Temple strongly constricted ( Fig. 10B ); eye 3× as long as temple; OOL 5 × POL ( Fig. 10B ); fore wing vein 2M subequal to 2-SR+M; 2-Cu1 4 × as long as 1-Cu1 ( Fig. 10D )........................................ Y. contractus Papp, 1991 - Temple subtly constricted ( Fig. 4B ); eye at most 2.5–2.6 × as long as temple; OOL 2.6–2.9 × POL ( Fig. 4B ); fore wing vein 2M 2.0–2.3 × 2-SR+M and 2-Cu1 5 × as long as 1-Cu1 ( Fig. 5B ).............................. Y. andamanensis sp. nov.