DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13864445
title: TABLE 1 in A taxonomic revision of the genus Yelicones Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India with description of two new species

description: TABLE 1. Showing comparative characters of new species with closely allied Oriental species of Yelicones Cameron.
CharactersYeliconesYeliconesYeliconesYeliconesYelicones koreanusYelicones achterbergiYeliconesandamanensis sp. n.elaeodendronicus sp. n.contractus Papp,belokobylskijiPapp, 1985Rishabanu et al.,samaesanensis1991Quicke, Chishti2021Butcher, 2014Female (maleand Chen, 1997FemaleMale measurementsFemalemeasurements inMale (female unknown)FemaleFemalemeasurements fromfrom originalmeasurementsparenthesis)measurements frommeasurements fromoriginal descriptiondescription (femalefrom originaloriginal descriptionoriginal descriptionunknown)description(male unknown)Body length4.38–4.44 (4.58) mm7.55 mm, large species4.5 mm6.1–7.6 mm, large5.00 mm4.63 mm4.5 mmspeciesOcciput marginWeakly convexConvexConvex with notchConvexConvexConvexObsolete dorso-in middlemedially, distinctlaterallyTempleSubtly constricted;Rounded not constricted,DistinctlyRounded; eyeRounded and notRounded; eye 1.5 ×Rounded; eye 1.3 ×eye 2.5–2.6 (2.4) × ascurved; eye 1.45 × asconstricted; eye 3 ×2.36–2.8 × as longconstricted; eyeas long as templeas long as templelong as templelong as templeas long as templeas temple1.66 × as long astempleOOL: POL2.6–2.9 (2.4)4.73 ×5 ×3.0–3.5 ×1.9–2 ×2.82 ×EqualInter-tentorial2.4 (2.2) ×2.8 ×Tentorial pits2.5–3.1×-3 ×5 ×distance:somewhat nearertentorio-ocularto eye than to eachdistanceotherNotauliIndistinct, withNotaular line dark brown-Notauli deeplyNotaular linePresent, distinctWeakly developed,faint impression oncoloured on anterior twoimpressedpiceous on anteriorindistinctlyanterior one thirdsthirds and with a darkthroughouttwo thirds andimpressedline connecting them inentire length ofwith a dark linethroughout lengthfront of posterior marginmesoscutum, withconnecting them inof mesoscutumweak carinationsfront of posteriormarginVein r:1.5 ×1.01 ×1.3 ×-Equal1.2 ×Almost equalpterostigmawidthandamanensis sp. n.elaeodendronicus sp. n.contractus Papp,belokobylskijiPapp, 1985Rishabanu et al.,samaesanensis1991Quicke, Chishti2021Butcher, 2014Female (maleand Chen, 1997FemaleMale measurementsFemalemeasurements inMale (female unknown)FemaleFemalemeasurements fromfrom originalmeasurementsparenthesis)measurements frommeasurements fromoriginal descriptiondescription (femalefrom originaloriginal descriptionoriginal descriptionunknown)description(male unknown)r:3-SR1.1 (1.3) ×0.85 ×1.6 ×1.28–2 ×Equal1.3 ×0.5 ×2M:2-SR+M2.3 (2) ×1.94 ×1.1 ×1.15–1.71 ×-2.2 ×3 ×2Cu1:1Cu15 (4.6) ×1.78 ×4 ×2.83–3.731.8 ×2 ×1.5 ×Hind wingTransverseIndistinctTransverseAbsent-TransverseWeakly transverse2-SC+RMarginal cell ofStrongly expandedNot strongly expandedStrongly expandedNot stronglyNot stronglyStrongly expandedStrongly expandedhind wingbasallybasallybasallyexpanded basallyexpanded basallybasallybasallyFirst tergite1.24–1.36 (1.5) × as1.2–1.3 × as long as wide1.48 × as long as1.17–1.65 × asAlmost equal1.2 × as long as wide1.1 × wider thanlong as widewidewide as longmedially longSeconda) T2 without distincta) T2 with basala) T2 with trace ofa) T2 anterio-a) T2 with basala) T2 without basala) T2 anterio-metasomalbasal triangular areatriangular area punctate,mid-basal, obtuse,medially withtriangular areatriangular areamedially withtergite (T2)and without medianwith median carinatriangular areasmooth triangularb) T2 anterior two-indistinct triangularlongitudinal carinab) T2 largely punctate,b) T2 polishedarea, with medianthird with finerb) T2 smooth (exceptareab) T2 finely striatecoarse and sparseexcept its basecarina extendingthough denserwith few rugae atb) T2 completelyin anterior half,striations in anterior one-with short and fineentire length ofstriations thananterior margin) andstriate, withoutposteriorly smooththird; remaining tergitesstriations; T2–T7tergiteof first tergite,shiny with sparsemedian carinawithout striations;punctatepolishedb) T2 punctate-remaining T2obsolete pitsremaining tergitesareolateand T2 onwardssmooth and shinypolishedSuture betweenDistinctDistinctIndistinctDistinct, straight,IndistinctIndistinctDistinct, straightsecond and thirdcrenulateand deeplytergitecrenulate
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 49-50 in Zootaxa 5512 (1) on page 49, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5512.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/13848409