Yelicones achterbergi Rishabanu, Binoy & Santhosh, 2021

Gupta, Ankita, Pattar, Rohit, Hemanth Kumar, H. M. & Sushil, S. N., 2024, A taxonomic revision of the genus Yelicones Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India with description of two new species, Zootaxa 5512 (1), pp. 35-52 : 51

V. Yelicones achterbergi Rishabanu, Binoy & Santhosh, 2021

Yelicones achterbergi Rishabanu, Binoy & Santhosh 2021 : India: Kerala, Kozhikode; ZSIK Kozhikode, Kerala, India.

Brief diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from the other Indian species in having a black first tergite, second tergite without basal triangular area; hind basitarsus ivory-yellow (without greyish patch); second tergite smooth except with shallow remnants of rugae at the anterior margin; fore wing with veins 1-CU1 2× 2-CU1.

Comments. This species can be identified using the original detailed description provided by Rishabanu et al. 2021. The original description based on a single male specimen mentions the total number as 35 antennomeres however it can be counted as 36 (34+2) as per Fig. 2 in Rishabanu et al. 2021. The comparative characters with other closely allied species are provided in Table 1.

Distribution. India (Kerala).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Collection locality (with GPS coordinates) of Y. andamanensis sp. nov.