Undabracon Quicke, 1986

Ranjith, A. P., Belokobylskij, Sergey A. & Nasser, M., 2019, First record of Undabracon Quicke, 1986 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Braconinae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 4664 (1), pp. 142-150 : 143-144

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4664.1.7
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5930093
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scientific name	Undabracon Quicke
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Undabracon Quicke View in CoL

Undabracon Quicke, 1986: 20–21 View in CoL (type-species: Undabracon nigrithorax Quicke, 1986 View in CoL ; by original designation); Quicke, 1987: 135; Quicke and Ingram, 1993: 332; Falco and Quicke, 1997: 547; Wang et al., 2003: 119.

Diagnosis. Terminal flagellomere pointed. Median flagellomeres longer than wide. Scapus longer ventrally than dorsally, incised apico-laterally ( Figs 1D View FIGURE 1 & 3D View FIGURE 3 ). Eyes large, slightly emarginated ( Figs 1B View FIGURE 1 & 3B View FIGURE 3 ). Face rugose with or without longitudinal carina medially ( Figs 1B View FIGURE 1 & 3B View FIGURE 3 ). Frons smooth often with mid longitudinal groove ( Figs 1C View FIGURE 1 & 3C View FIGURE 3 ). Hypoclypeal depression and clypeus differentiated by a distinct transverse carina ( Figs 1B View FIGURE 1 & 3B View FIGURE 3 ). Mesosoma smooth and shiny. Median lobe of mesoscutum produced strongly in front of lateral lobes ( Figs 1E View FIGURE 1 & 3F View FIGURE 3 ). Notauli weakly impressed only anteriorly ( Figs 1F View FIGURE 1 & 3E View FIGURE 3 ). Scutellar sulcus crenulate. Medial area of metanotum with a short mid longitudinal carina anteriorly ( Fig. 2A View FIGURE 2 ). Precoxal sulcus absent ( Figs 1E View FIGURE 1 & 3F View FIGURE 3 ). Propodeum smooth or with posterior crenulations ( Fig. 2A View FIGURE 2 ). Fore wing vein (RS+M)a strongly curved ( Fig. 2E View FIGURE 2 ). Vein 1cu-a slightly or far antefurcal ( Fig. 2E View FIGURE 2 ) or interstitial ( Figs 4E & F View FIGURE 4 ). First subdiscal cell ovoid ( Figs 2E View FIGURE 2 & 4F View FIGURE 4 ). Metasoma coarsely sculptured ( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2 B–D, 4A & B). Second metasomal suture crenulate ( Figs 2C & D View FIGURE 2 ). Second metasomal tergite with longitudinally striate midbasal area ( Figs 2C View FIGURE 2 & 4A View FIGURE 4 ). Ovipositor with 2–3 arches ( Figs 2F View FIGURE 2 , 4C & D View FIGURE 4 ).