Paradelius de Saeger, 1942

Ranjith, A. P., Achterberg, C. Van, Samartsev, K. G. & Nasser, M., 2021, Discovery of the chelonine tribeAdeliini Viereck, 1918 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of a new genus from south India, Zootaxa 4926 (1), pp. 1-25 : 17-18

Paradelius de Saeger, 1942

Figs 12–14

Type species: Paradelius ghesquierei de Saeger, 1942 .

Diagnosis. Antenna of female slender submedially, with 20 antennomeres; maxillary palp with 3–5 segments ( Figs 12F , 13B & E ) (3 in type species); clypeus almost as wide as face ( Figs 12I , 13B ); eyes short setose ( Figs 12I , 13B ); prepectal carina present ( Fig. 12H ); vein 1-SR of fore wing absent ( Figs 12A , 14C ); dorsal areola of propodeum wide ( Figs 12B , 13F ); first and second metasomal tergites largely longitudinally sculptured ( Figs 12G , 13F , 14B ); first and second metasomal sutures distinct and crenulate ( Fig. 12G ).

Distribution. Afrotropical, East Palaearctic, Oriental.

Included species. Paradelius chinensis He & Chen, 2000 , P. ghesquierei de Saeger, 1942 , P. ussuriensis Belokobylskij, 1988 .

Figures

FIGURE 12. Paradelius ghesquierei de Saeger, 1942, holotype, female A) Fore and hind wing, B) Mesosoma and propodeum, dorsal view, C) Head, dorsal view, D) Hind leg, E) Apical hind tarsomeres, F) Labial and maxillary palps, G) Metasomal tergites 1–3, dorsal view, H) Habitus, lateral view, I) Head, anterior view.

FIGURE 13. Paradelius ussuriensis Belokobylskij, 1988, (A–E – holotype, F – paratype), female A) Habitus, lateral view, B) Head, anterior view, C) Head, dorsal view, D) Mesosoma, dorsal view, E) Head and mesosoma, lateral view, F) Propodeum, dorsal view.

FIGURE 14. Paradelius ussuriensis Belokobylskij, 1988, holotype, female A) Head, oblique view, B) Propodeum and metasoma, oblique view, C) Wings.