Probrachista, Viggiani, Doutt & Viggiani, 1968

Khan, Mohd Talib, Anis, Shoeba Binte, Zaidi, Nida, Irfan, Mohd & Manhas, Safeer Ahmed, 2023, Description of a new species of Probrachista (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Trichogrammatidae) from Ladakh, India, Zootaxa 5249 (5), pp. 585-588 : 586

Key to species of Probrachista (female)

1. Antenna with clava 3-segmented........................................................................ 2

- Antenna with clava 2-segmented ( Malaysia)............................................... P. biclavata Viggiani

2. Antennal clava compact; C1 not separated from C2; C3 segment longest......................................... 3

- Antennal clava with C1 clearly separated from C2; C2 segment longest ( Nepal; Vietnam)........... P. nepalensis Viggiani

3. Ovipositor long, arises from base of gaster and exserted...................................................... 4

- Ovipositor short, arises from basal third of gaster, and not exserted............................................. 5

4. Antenna with clava narrow; scape 3× as long as broad; ovipositor 2.7× as long as hind tibia ( Kenya)..................................................................................................... P. longiciliata Viggiani

- Antenna with clava broad; scape 4× as long as broad; ovipositor 2.3× as long as hind tibia ( Vietnam).. P. triclavata Viggiani

5. Head with frontovertex pale; gaster with broad brownish band and with narrow pale bands on T I–V; funicle shorter than combined lengths of C1 and C2; fore wing basally infuscate up to stigmal vein ( India).................. P. bharatensis Hayat

- Head with frontovertex black; gaster with narrow blackish band and with broad pale bands on TI–VII; funicle longer than combined lengths of C1 and C2; fore wing infuscate below stigmal vein ( India).................. P. turtukensis sp. nov.