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03B187DCFFDAFF87FF49787676EFFF5D.text	03B187DCFFDAFF87FF49787676EFFF5D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Diolcogaster pseudandamanensis Gupta & Sushil 2025	<div><p>Diolcogaster pseudandamanensis Gupta sp. nov.</p><p>Key characters. Antenna/ body length ratio 1.27; fore wing with apical patch (margins not clearly defined); ratio of hind wing veins (1-M/ M+CU) 1.62; T1, T2 and T3 forming a carapace, median longitudinal groove present in T1, T2 and T3; T3 on lateral sides with strong longitudinal striations, few converging towards the middle of apical margin.</p><p>Description. Female body length 3.14 mm (Fig. 1A). Colour (Figs 1A–F). Body black except first metasomal tergite fully and partially second metasomal tergite; labial and maxillary palps off-white; eyes grey; ocelli pale testaceous; region below clypeus yellow; mandibles yellow with apical margins dark. Antenna with scape and pedicel yellow; first 4–5 flagellomeres yellowish-brown remaining dark brown; tegula yellowish-brown. Fore and mid leg light yellow (except coxa, trochanter, trochantellus and tarsi yellow testaceous); hind leg with coxa black, trochanter and trochantellus yellow testaceous; hind femur distinctly bi-coloured, with distinct diagonal demarcation between the two coloured regions, almost apical half of hind femur dark brown, basal half yellowish-brown; hind tibia with sub-basal off white ring, extreme base and apical half dark brown; fore wing infuscated with brown apical patch (margins not defined), pterostigma dark brown; T1 yellow testaceous, T2 yellow testaceous laterally and on entire basal one fourth, distinct black spot medially adjoining third tergite, T3 black.</p><p>Head (Fig. 1B). Head 0.84 × as long as wide, coarsely rugose punctate, with median longitudinal carina in dorsal half; eyes densely setose; face with sparse pilosity; antenna 1.27 × as long as body in profile view. Ocellar region smooth and shiny (Fig. 1C). OOL: POL: OD 0.10: 0.22: 0.08.</p><p>Mesosoma (Fig. 1E). Mesosoma coarsely punctate and setose; punctations clear; scutellar sulcus with 10 costulae; scutellum coarsely punctate; mesopleuron rugose and punctate except for smooth glabrous median patch; metapleuron mostly punctate. Propodeum with strong medial longitudinal carina; coarsely punctate. Measurements: mesosoma in dorsal view 1.13 × as long as wide; hind femur 1.16: 0.29; hind tibia 1.29. Wings (Fig. 1D). Fore wing dusky, with dark apical patch, 2.57 × as long as wide; areolet small, triangular, slit-like; pterostigma (length: height) 0.79: 0.28. Fore wing vein length measurements: r 0.34; 1-R1 0.88; M+CU1 1.27; 2-SR 0.19; 2-M 0.14; 1-CU1: 2-CU1 0.23: 0.32; 1-SR-M 0.65; 2-SR-M 0.15; m-cu 0.2. Hind wing vein length measurements: 1-M 0.63; M+CU 0.39.</p><p>Metasoma (Fig. 1F). T1 0.56: 0.64, T2 0.39: 0.67; T3 0.48. Hind coxa 1.1, 1.96 × as long as T1, distinctly punctate and pilose. Inner hind tibial spur length: hind basitarsus 0.47: 0.62, inner tibial spur 0.75 × as long as hind basitarsus. Hind coxa reaching beyond T2. T1–T3 forming carapace; T1 1.15 × as wide as long, widening posteriorly, with median longitudinal groove, median groove diverging at apical margin and merging with apical margin respectively; distinct crenulae at T1 apical and T2 basal margin; T2 median length 0.9 × as long as T1, subequal to T3 median length, T2 slightly widening posteriorly, T2 with median groove widest a little below middle; lateral fields of T2 coarsely rugose with prominent longitudinal rugae converging towards centre of apical margin. T2 and T3 separated by deep crenulae at apical margin of T2 which is distinctly convex medially. T3 completely black, with smooth and shiny longitudinal groove; lateral sides with strong longitudinal striations converging towards centre of apical margin. T4–T6 brown in basal half and yellowish at apical margin.</p><p>Comments. This new species differs from  D. andamanensis Gupta &amp; Fernández Triana, 2015 in the following set of characters: fore wing with apical patch without distinct borders; ratio of hind wing veins (1-M/ M+CU) 1.62; T2 with distinct median black patch covering majority of the area; T3 with prominent converging longitudinal rugae and without any punctations (vs fore wing with apical patch with distinct borders; ratio of hind wing veins (1-M/ M+CU) 1.24; T2 with median apical black patch confined to apical one third region; T3 with prominent punctations in  D. andamanensis).</p><p>Holotype. Female; India: Himachal Pradesh: Chamba District: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=76.06558&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=32.555794" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 76.06558/lat 32.555794)">Khajjiar</a>; 32.555795° N, 76.0655834° E; 24 Sept. 2014; Ankita Gupta leg; (NIM), code— NBAIR / Brac / Micg / Diol /24914A (NIM).</p><p>Paratype. India. one female, same data as holotype, code— NBAIR /Brac/Micg/Diol/24914B (NIM) .</p><p>Etymology. The species epithet “pseudo” is derived from the key attribute of this species in misleading its morphological appearance to  D. andamanensis .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B187DCFFDAFF87FF49787676EFFF5D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Ankita;Sushil, S. N.	Gupta, Ankita, Sushil, S. N. (2025): Two new species of the genus Diolcogaster Ashmead 1900 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Western Himalayas, India. Zootaxa 5594 (1): 194-200, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.1.11, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.1.11
03B187DCFFD9FF81FF497FC07768FA49.text	03B187DCFFD9FF81FF497FC07768FA49.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Diolcogaster confusus Gupta & Sushil 2025	<div><p>Diolcogaster confusus Gupta sp. nov.</p><p>Key characters. Antenna/ body length ratio 1.06; OOL: POL: OD- 0.14: 0.18: 0.08; areolet shape triangular, large, r-m interstitial; ratio of hind wing veins (1-M/ M+CU) 1.15; T1, T2 and T3 not forming carapace; median longitudinal groove in T1, median field in T2 weak; ratio of T2/ T3 median length 2.89; hind coxal length/ T1 median length ratio 2.3.</p><p>Description. Female body length 3.45 (Fig. 2A). Colour (Figs. 2A). Body black except first two metasomal tergites; labial and maxillary palps off-white; eyes grey; ocelli grey; clypeus yellow; mandibles yellow with apical dark margins. Antenna with scape and pedicel yellowish brown with dark brown patches dorsally, flagellomeres dark brown; tegula yellowish-brown. Fore and mid leg light yellow brown; hind leg with coxa black, trochanter and trochantellus yellow testaceous; hind femur reddish brown except yellow basal tip, hind tibia bicolored, apical half dark brown and basal tip with a dark brown faint infuscation dorsally; hind tibial spurs yellow testaceous; fore wing uniformly infuscated without distinct patch, pterostigma dark brown; first metasomal tergite yellow testaceous, second metasomal tergite yellow except for dark brown spots adjacent to the centre at posterior margin of second tergite adjoining third tergite, remaining tergites dark brown; first three lateral sternites pale yellow to testaceous.</p><p>Head (Fig. 2B). Head 1.27 × as wide as long, coarsely rugose punctate, with median longitudinal carina in the centre; eyes densely setose; face with sparse pilosity; setae much denser around torular region and clypeal region; antenna 1.1 × as long as body in profile view. Ocellar region smooth, shiny, without prominent setae (Fig. 2C). OOL: POL: OD- 0.14: 0.18: 0.08; compound eye (height in frontal view) 0.5.</p><p>Mesosoma (Fig. 2E). Mesosoma coarsely punctate and setose; scutellar sulcus with 10 costulae; scutellum coarsely punctate; mesopleuron rugose punctate. Propodeum with strong medial longitudinal carina; coarsely punctate. Measurements: mesosoma in dorsal view 1.14 as long as wide; hind femur 1.02: 0.28; hind tibia 1.13: 1.14. Wings (Fig. 2D). Fore wing: dusky, 2.53 × as long as wide; areolet small, triangular; pterostigma (length: height) 0.68: 0.26. Fore wing vein length measurements: r 0.2; 1-R1 0.69; 2-SR 0.16; 3-SR 0.07, 2M 0.11, r-m 0.06; M+CU1 0.99; 1-CU1: 2-CU1 0.16: 0.23; 1-SR-M 0.41; 2-SR-M 0.17; m-cu 0.16. Hind wing vein length measurements: 1-M 0.40; M+CU 0.35. Metasoma (Fig. 2G). Hind coxa length 0.79, 2.3 as long as T1, distinctly punctate with pilosity. Inner hind tibial spur length: hind basitarsus (0.50: 0.62). Hind coxa reaching a little beyond T2.</p><p>Metasoma. T1 1.85 × as long as its apical width, widest preapically (Fig. 2F), with median longitudinal groove not reaching apical margin; T2 median length 1.58 × as long as T1, with sub median oblique lateral sulci limited to the basal one third, median field in T2 weak; ovipositor sheaths dark brown, 0.26 in length. T3 0.35 × times as long as T2.</p><p>Comments. This new species comes close to  D. punctata (Rao &amp; Chalikwar, 1976) in having weak median field however differs from the latter in having POL: OOL = 1.28; T1 1.35 × as long as its maximum width (vs POL: OOL = 1.1; T1 2.5 × as long as its maximum width in  D. punctata). The new species differs from  D. malabarensis Narendran &amp; Sheeba, 2003 in the following set of characters: POL/OOL 1.28; T1 1.85 × as long as its apical width and T3 0.35 × as long as T2 (vs ratio of POL/OOL 1.5; T1 1.2 × as long as its apical width and T3 subequal to T 2 in length in  D. malabarensis); also differs from  D. aurangabadensis in fore and mid coxa yellow in colour (vs black in  D. aurangabadensis).</p><p>Holotype. India: Himachal Pradesh: Chamba District: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=76.06558&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=32.555794" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 76.06558/lat 32.555794)">Khajjiar</a>; 32.555795° N, 76.0655834° E; 24 Sept. 2014; Ankita Gupta leg; (NIM), code— NBAIR / Brac / Micg / Diol /24914C (NIM).</p><p>Paratype. India. one female, same data as holotype, code— NBAIR /Brac/Micg/Diol/24914D (NIM) .</p><p>Etymology. The species epithet  “confusus ” is derived from the confusing appearance of this species with other species where T1, T2 and T3 are not forming the carapace.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B187DCFFD9FF81FF497FC07768FA49	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Ankita;Sushil, S. N.	Gupta, Ankita, Sushil, S. N. (2025): Two new species of the genus Diolcogaster Ashmead 1900 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Western Himalayas, India. Zootaxa 5594 (1): 194-200, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.1.11, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.1.11
03B187DCFFDFFF80FF497F0671DEFA7A.text	03B187DCFFDFFF80FF497F0671DEFA7A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Diolcogaster Ashmead 1900	<div><p>Key to the species of  Diolcogaster Ashmead from India</p><p>1a Scutellum shallowly or sparsely punctate or interstices smooth and shiny......................................... 2</p><p>1b Scutellum coarsely or densely punctate or rugose............................................................ 4</p><p>2a POL: OOL = 1; T1 rugulose with median longitudinal groove extending from base to apex; T2 with grooves/sulci converging towards the middle at apex.......................................................  D. dipika (Bhatnagar, 1950)</p><p>2b POL: OOL less than 1; other characters differing.............................................................3</p><p>3a Face transversely striated; POL: OOL = 0.86; T1 and lateral fields of T2 yellowish-brown, T2 with distinct dark brown median field, remaining metasoma mostly dark brown; 1CU1: 2CU1 subequal; hind coxa: T1 = 1.77; median length T2: T3 = 0.66................................................................  D. solitaria Gupta &amp; Fernández-Triana, 2015</p><p>3b Face longitudinally striated; POL: OOL = 0.69; T1, T2 and remaining tergites completely yellowish-brown; T2 with strong median field; 1CU1: 2CU1 = 0.67; hind coxa: T1 = 1.97; median length T2: T3 = 0.72....  D. tomentosae (Wilkinson, 1930)</p><p>4a T1, T2 and T3 not forming carapace...................................................................... 5</p><p>4b T1, T2 and T3 forming carapace........................................................................ 14</p><p>5a Length of inner spur of hind tibia more than half the hind basitarsus............................................. 6</p><p>5b Length of inner spur of hind tibia equal to or less than half the hind basitarsus..................................... 9</p><p>6a T2 with weak median field............................................................................. 7</p><p>6b T2 with well-defined median field.........................................................................8</p><p>7a POL: OOL = 1.1; T1 nearly parallel sided, 2.5 × as long as its maximum width......  D. punctata (Rao &amp; Chalikwar, 1976)</p><p>7b POL: OOL = 1.28; T1 1.35 × as long as its maximum width...................................  D. confusus sp. nov.</p><p>8a Ratio of POL: OOL less than 1.5........................................................................ 12</p><p>8b Ratio of POL: OOL equal to or more than 1.5.............................................................. 13</p><p>9a Apical portion of first abscissa of cubital, recurrent and first transverse cubital vein almost equal...............................................................................................  D. plecopterae (Wilkinson, 1929)</p><p>9b Apical portion of first abscissa of cubital equal to recurrent but shorter than first transverse cubital.................... 10</p><p>10a Second abscissa of radius absent...................................................  D. indica (Wilkinson, 1927)</p><p>10b Second abscissa of radius present........................................................................ 11</p><p>11a 1-R1 1.35 × its distance from apex of radial cell; second abscissa of radius 1.5 × second transverse cubitus...................................................................................  D. orientalis (Rao &amp; Chalikwar, 1970)</p><p>11b 1-R1 equal to distance from apex of radial cell; second abscissa of radius 0.5 × first abscissa and 0.66 × second transverse cubitus...............................................................  D. rugulosa (Rao &amp; Chalikwar, 1970)</p><p>12a Antennae full black; ratio of POL/OOL 1.16..  aurangabadensis Fernández-Triana, 2020 (=  D. indicus (Rao &amp; Chalikwar, 1970))</p><p>12b Antennae bicoloured with median white segments; POL/OOL 0.72...........................................................................................................  D. duocolour Gupta &amp; Fernández-Triana, 2015</p><p>13a T 1 not parallel sided, narrower at apex; 1.5 × its maximum width; T 2 with well-defined median field wider basally and separated from lateral surfaces by broad rugose furrows; T 3 1.2 × T 2 in length...  D. breviterebrus (Rao &amp; Chalikwar, 1970)</p><p>13b T 1 slightly wider at apex than base, 1.2 × as long as its apical width; T 2 with well-defined median field; T 3 subequal to T 2 in length..........................................................  D. malabarensis Narendran &amp; Sheeba, 2003</p><p>14a Ratio of POL: OOL less than 2..........................................................................15</p><p>14b Ratio of POL: OOL equal to or more than 2............................................................... 16</p><p>15a POL: OOL = 1.00; hind inner tibial spur 0.6 × hind basitarsus...................  D. narendrani Rema &amp; Sheeba, 2004</p><p>15b POL: OOL = 1.44; hind inner tibial spur 0.8 × hind basitarsus..........  D. longistria Gupta &amp; Fernández-Triana, 2015</p><p>16a Fore wing with apical patch with distinct borders; ratio of hind wing veins (1-M/ M+CU) 1.24; T 2 with median apical black patch confined to apical one third region; T 3 with prominent punctations..................................................................................................  D. andamanensis Gupta &amp; Fernández-Triana, 2015</p><p>16b Fore wing with apical patch without distinct borders; ratio of hind wing veins (1-M/ M+CU) 1.62; T 2 with distinct median black patch covering majority of the area; T 3 with prominent converging longitudinal rugae and without any punctations..............................................................................  D. pseudandamanensis sp. nov.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B187DCFFDFFF80FF497F0671DEFA7A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Ankita;Sushil, S. N.	Gupta, Ankita, Sushil, S. N. (2025): Two new species of the genus Diolcogaster Ashmead 1900 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Western Himalayas, India. Zootaxa 5594 (1): 194-200, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.1.11, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5594.1.11
