Testudobracon Quicke
Creators: name: Sheeba, M.
name: Ranjith, A. P.
name: Narendran, T. C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Testudobracon

description: Key to the species of Testudobracon Quicke
1 Medial emargination of sixth tergite shallow, its maximum depth less than 0.30× median length of sixth metasomal tergite, and not touching basal sulcus of sixth metasomal tergite; ovipositor sheath at least 0.75× as long as fore wing................2
- Medial emargination of sixth tergite deep, its maximum depth 0.40 or more than 0.40× median length of sixth metasomal tergite, sometimes touching basal sulcus of sixth metasomal tergite (Fig. 2 B); ovipositor sheath at less than 0.75× as long as fore wing................................................................................................5
2 Eyes sparsely short setose; face smooth and shiny medially, finely coriaceous laterally, without a mid longitudinal ridge; mesoscutum setose along line of notauli; hind leg black; fourth to sixth metasomal tergites irregularly punctate, basally piceous brown and posteriorly black; vertex smooth and shiny............................. T. australicolorus Quicke & Ingram
- Eyes glabrous; face coriaceous with a smooth medio-ventral convexity; other characters variable...................... 3
3 Vertex with fine transverse striation; mesoscutum glabrous in anterior half; hind leg almost entirely pale yellowish brown; fourth to sixth metasomal tergites rugulose, white except for basal third yellow and postero-lateral processes dark.............................................................................................. T. longicaudis Maetô
- Vertex rugose or granulate; other characters variable..........................................................4
4 Vertex rugose; medial emargination of sixth metasomal tergite shallow with rounded lateral margins; ovipositor 0.75× as long as fore wing; precoxal sulcus weak, incomplete.......................................... .. T. gibbosa Yang & Chen
- Vertex granulate; medial emargination of sixth metasomal tergite deep with sharply defined lateral margins; ovipositor less than 0.75× as long as fore wing; precoxal sulcus deep, complete........................... .. T. watanabei Yang & Chen
5 Median emargination of sixth metasomal tergite touching basal sulcus of the tergite (Fig. 2 B).........................6
- Median emargination of sixth metasomal tergite not touching basal sulcus of the tergite (Fig. 6 A)......................8
6 Mesoscutum uniformly setose (Fig. 1 E); second metasomal tergite 2.60× wider than long; third metasomal tergite brown medially and sub laterally (Fig. 2 A); second metasomal tergite with well developed sub lateral grooves (Fig. 2 A); notauli widely crenulate posteriorly (Fig. 1 E); mesopleuron with deep oval pit (Fig. 1 D)..................... T. athashi Ranjith sp. nov.
- Mesoscutum setose medio-posteriorly and along notaular line, rest glabrous; second metasomal tergite less than 2.60× wider than long; third metasomal tergite yellow; second metasomal tergite with weak sub lateral grooves; notauli weak not widely crenulated posteriorly; mesopleuron with round pit...........................................................7
7 Third to fifth metasomal tergites with well developed, rounded postero-lateral lobes; second metasomal tergite 2.47× wider than long; second metasomal tergite with sub lateral grooves distinct anteriorly; third metasomal tergite 2.57× wider than long; postero-lateral lobes of sixth metasomal tergite visible in dorsal view, with pointed lateral lobes.................................................................................................... T. unicolorus Quicke & Ingram
- Third to fifth metasomal tergites with weak, rounded postero-lateral lobes; second metasomal tergite 2.10× wider than long; second metasomal tergite with sub lateral grooves moderately developed; third metasomal tergite 2.25× wider than long; postero-lateral lobes of sixth metasomal tergite not visible in dorsal view, with rounded lateral lobes.................................................................................................... T. tatyanae Quicke & Ingram
8 Postero-lateral protuberance of sixth metasomal tergite barely visible in dorsal view; maximum depth of semicircular emargination of sixth tergite 0.50× its median length; fourth and fifth metasomal tergites with strongly rounded postero-lateral lobe like protuberances in lateral view.................................................... T. flavus Wang, Chen & He
- Postero-lateral protuberance of sixth metasomal tergite distinctly visible in dorsal view; other characters variable.........9
9 Postero-lateral protuberances of sixth metasomal tergite acute in lateral view (Fig. 7 A).............................10
- Postero-lateral protuberances of sixth metasomal tergite rounded, lobe-like in lateral view (Fig. 3 A)...................12
10 Depth of medial emargination of sixth metasomal tergite 0.80× its median length; mesoscutum densely setose (Fig. 3 D); length of fore wing vein 1-SR 0.53× vein 1-M; second to third metasomal tergites brown (Fig. 8 C)..................................................................................................... T. travencorensis Sheeba sp. nov.
- Depth of medial emargination of sixth metasomal tergite less than 0.80× its median length; other characters variable...... 1 1
11 Depth of medial emargination of sixth metasomal tergite 0.47× its median length; middle lobe of mesoscutum largely setose; length of fore wing vein 1-SR 0.30× vein 1-M; median area of second and third metasomal tergites pale brown.............................................................................................. T. pleuralis (Ashmead)
- Depth of medial emargination of sixth metasomal tergite 0.40× its median length; middle lobe of mesoscutum glabrous; length of fore wing vein 1-SR 0.40× vein 1-M; median area of second and third metasomal tergites pale blackish brown................................................................................... T. grandiventris Wang, Chen & He
12 Frons and face granulate or punctulate (Figs 3 B–C, 5B–C); vertex granulate (Figs 3 C & 5C)......................... 13
- Frons coriaceous; face rugulose or punctate; vertex coriaceous or with sparse minute punctures.......................15
13 Body yellow (Fig. 3 A); mesoscutum moderately and closely punctate, sparsely setose (Fig. 3 D); middle lobe of mesoscutum with mid longitudinal ridge (Fig. 3 D); propodeum faintly rugose, setose laterally, glabrous medially (Fig. 3 F)......................................................................................... T. malabaricus Sheeba sp. nov.
- Body yellowish brown or brown (Fig. 5 A); mesoscutum punctulate or smooth, densely setose (Fig. 5 D); middle lobe of mesoscutum without mid longitudinal ridge (Fig. 5 D); propodeum granulate or smooth, sparsely setose (Fig. 5 F).........1 4
14 Head brown; mesoscutum dark brown; frons with distinct mid longitudinal groove; face 1.50× as wide as long; metapleuron sparsely setose; propodeum granulate; fore wing vein SR1 3.20× as long as 3-SR...... T. asphondyliae Haider & Shujauddin
- Head yellow or dark yellow (Figs 5 A–C); mesoscutum black medially and laterally (Fig. 5 D); frons without distinct mid longitudinal groove (Fig. 5 C); face 2.0× as wide as long; metapleuron densely setose (Fig. 5 E); propodeum smooth (Fig. 5 F); fore wing vein SR1 2.80× as long as 3-SR............................................... .. T. shameeri Ranjith sp. nov.
15 Propodeum smooth and shiny posteriorly, with long silvery hairs laterally; vein 1-SR+M sinuate basally; depth of medial
emargination of sixth tergite 0.60× median length of tergite; middle lobe of mesoscutum smooth and shiny, anteriorly with a weak mid longitudinal ridge................................................................. T. niger Quicke - Propodeum densely granulate, with distinct mid longitudinal ridge and depressed anterior median pit and short silvery hairs; vein 1-SR+M straight; depth of medial emargination of sixth tergite 0.75× median length; middle lobe of mesoscutum flat glabrous without mid longitudinal ridge; lateral lobes finely punctate, nearly smooth....... T. guangxinensis Wang, Chen & He
description: Published as part of Sheeba, M., Ranjith, A. P. & Narendran, T. C., 2017, Review of Testudobracon Quicke (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with descriptions of four new species from south India, pp. 331-346 in Zootaxa 4232 (3) on pages 333-334, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/293222