Shelfordia Cameron

Li, Yang, He, Jun-Hua & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2020, Review of six genera of Braconinae Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in China, with the description of eleven new species, Zootaxa 4818 (1), pp. 1-74 : 42

Key to Chinese species of the genus Shelfordia Cameron

1. Ovipositor sheath 1.5 × as long as fore wing; wing membrane dark brown, with a light streak below base of pterostigma; scape blackish brown, infuscate apically..................................................... S. obscuripennis sp. nov.

- Ovipositor sheath more than 2.5 × as long as fore wing; wing membrane yellow, smoky brown apically; scape entirely or largely yellowish brown, and with blackish brown streak on outer side................................................. 2

2. Ovipositor sheath 4.5 × as long as fore wing; metasomal tergites uniformly black; head in anterior view distinctly cubic; hind leg entirely black; infuscate area of fore wing intruding into marginal cell; scape entirely yellowish brown; fore wing vein 3-SR 2.8 × as long as vein 2-SR............................................... S. longicaudata van Achterberg, 1993

- Ovipositor sheath 2.7–3.1 × as long as fore wing; metasomal tergites yellowish brown, sometimes with slight blackish brown tint; head in anterior view less cubic; hind leg mainly yellowish brown; infuscate area of fore wing not or hardly intruding into marginal cell; scape yellowish brown, and with blackish brown streak on outer side; fore wing vein 3-SR 3.0–3.2 × as long as vein 2-SR........................................................................................... 3

3. Stigmal spot of fore wing larger, enclosing nearly entire vein CU1b; median area of first metasomal tergite largely coarsely rugose, with complete medio-longitudinal carina; hind wing vein 2-SC+R approx. 0.3 × as long as vein 1r-m; infuscate area of hind wing relatively large................................................. S. chinensis Wang, Chen et He, 2003

- Stigmal spot of fore wing smaller, enclosing approx. half of vein 1-SR+M; median area of first metasomal tergite smooth except for median carina and few striae, with incomplete medio-longitudinal carina, which missing at anterior half; hind wing vein 2-SC+R approx. 0.5 × as long as vein 1r-m; infuscate area of hind wing relatively small................. S. fulva sp. nov.