Yelicones achterbergi Rishabanu, Binoy & Santhosh, 2021

Gupta, Ankita, Pattar, Rohit, Hemanth Kumar, H. M. & Sushil, S. N., 2024, A taxonomic revision of the genus Yelicones Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India with description of two new species, Zootaxa 5512 (1), pp. 35-52 : 51

V. Yelicones achterbergi Rishabanu, Binoy & Santhosh, 2021

Yelicones achterbergi Rishabanu, Binoy & Santhosh 2021 : India: Kerala, Kozhikode; ZSIK Kozhikode, Kerala, India.

Brief diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from the other Indian species in having a black first tergite, second tergite without basal triangular area; hind basitarsus ivory-yellow (without greyish patch); second tergite smooth except with shallow remnants of rugae at the anterior margin; fore wing with veins 1-CU1 2× 2-CU1.

Comments. This species can be identified using the original detailed description provided by Rishabanu et al. 2021. The original description based on a single male specimen mentions the total number as 35 antennomeres however it can be counted as 36 (34+2) as per Fig. 2 in Rishabanu et al. 2021. The comparative characters with other closely allied species are provided in Table 1 .

Distribution. India (Kerala).

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FIGURE 2. Collection locality (with GPS coordinates) of Y. andamanensis sp. nov.