Yelicones Cameron

Key to the Indian species of the genus Yelicones Cameron 1. Hind wing vein 2-SC + R virtually absent (Figs 7D, 11, 12C); body length> 5mm; third metasomal tergites densely punctate (Figs 8B, 12D)....................................................................................... 2 - Hind wing vein 2-SC + R distinctly transverse (Figs 3B, 5B, 10D); body length <5mm; third metasomal tergites sparsely punctate or smooth (Figs 3B, 4F, 5F)..................................................................... 3 2. Face punctate without transverse striations (Fig. 12A); OOL 3.0–3.5 × POL; pterostigma bicoloured (Fig. 12B); ratio of fore wing vein 3-SR: r <1 (0.5–0.78); first metasomal tergite wider than long, 1.17–1.65 × as wide as long; second tergite and onwards sparsely punctate (Fig. 12D)............................. Y. belokobylskiji Quicke, Chishti and Chen, 1997 - Face distinctly rugose with transverse striations or rugae (Fig. 7A); OOL 4.7 × POL; pterostigma uniformly pale yellow (Fig. 7D); ratio of fore wing vein 3-SR: r>1; first metasomal tergite longer than wide, 1.2–1.3 × as long as wide; second tergite and onwards densely punctate (Fig. 8B)................................................. Y. elaeodendronicus sp. nov. 3. Antennae with fewer than 30 antennomeres (Figs 5A, 10A, 10B); first tergite partially brown (Fig. 10C) or partially black (Figs 4F, 5E); second tergite with short basal longitudinal striations in anterior one-third to two-third (Figs 5E, 5F); hind basitarsus with distinct greyish blotch medio-basally (Figs 3A, 10D)..................................................... 4 - Antennae with more than 30 antennomeres; first tergite completely black (Figs 12 and 13 in Rishabanu et al. 2021); second tergite with only remnants of rugae at anterior margin (Fig. 12 in Rishabanu et al. 2021); hind basitarsus ivory-yellow (Figs 1 and 14 in Rishabanu et al. 2021)............................... Y. achterbergi Rishabanu, Binoy & Santhosh, 2021 4. Temple strongly constricted (Fig. 10B); eye 3× as long as temple; OOL 5 × POL (Fig. 10B); fore wing vein 2M subequal to 2-SR+M; 2-Cu1 4 × as long as 1-Cu1 (Fig. 10D)........................................ Y. contractus Papp, 1991 - Temple subtly constricted (Fig. 4B); eye at most 2.5–2.6 × as long as temple; OOL 2.6–2.9 × POL (Fig. 4B); fore wing vein 2M 2.0–2.3 × 2-SR+M and 2-Cu1 5 × as long as 1-Cu1 (Fig. 5B).............................. Y. andamanensis sp. nov.