Ficobracon, van Achterberg & Weiblen, 2000

Maqbool, Amir, Akbar, Shahid Ali & Wachkoo, Aijaz Ahmad, 2018, First record of the genus Ficobracon (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India, with description of new species, Zootaxa 4379 (3), pp. 421-428 : 427

Key to known species of the genus Ficobracon based on females

(modified after Wei et al. 2013)

1 Length of ovipositor sheath 1.4 × as long as hind tibia; sublateral grooves of second tergite present..................... 2

- Length of ovipositor sheath 2.6–3.6 × as long as hind tibia; sublateral grooves of second tergite absent.................. 3

2 Fore wing vein 2-M shorter than vein 3-M; third tergite largely smooth, without vertical striations................................................................................................ F. brusi van Achterberg & Weiblen

- Fore wing vein 2-M longer than vein 3-M; third tergite with vertical striations............. F. dazhulanensis Yang & Chen

3 Fore wing angle between veins 2-SR and 2-M <40°; first tergite largely coarsely and densely rugose; third tergite largely smooth................................................................ F. rhiknosus Huang & van Achterberg

- Fore wing angle between veins 2-SR and 2-M>50°; medial area of first tergite largely smooth; third tergite largely rugose.. 4

4 First tergite with a distinct medial groove; second tergite largely smooth............ F. codonatus Huang & van Achterberg

- First tergite without a medial groove ( Fig. 9 ); second tergite densely rugulose ( Figs 9, 11 )....................................................................................... F. kashmirensis Maqbool, Akbar & Wachkoo sp.nov.

Figures

FIGURES 1–13. Ficobracon kashmirensis sp. nov. Female. Habitus, lateral view (1); dorsal view (2); ventral view (3); antennae (4); head, frontal view (5); head lateral view (6); mesosoma, dorsal view (7); mesosoma, lateral view (8); 1 st and 2 nd tergite, dorsal view (9); mid and hind legs (10); metasoma, dorsal view (11); metasoma, lateral view (12); ovipositor sheath (13).