| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1997 |
| Authors: | D. L. J. Quicke, Christi M. J. K. |
| Journal: | African entomology |
| Volume: | 5 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pagination: | 77-91 |
| Keywords: | Braconidae, Hymenoptera, identification key, new species, Rogadinae, Yelicones |
| Abstract: | The braconid wasp genus Yelicones Cameron from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula is revised. Eight species are recognized. Four new species are described: Y. africana and Y. gessi from South Africa; Y. minutus from Nigeria; Y. nigromaculatus from the Seychelles and South Africa. Yelicones vojnitsi Papp, originally described from Tanzania, is recorded from Oman, Egypt, Niger, Senegal, Kenya, Namibia and South Africa; intraspecific variation is documented. Yelicones dioaricatus Papp, originally described from Kenya is recorded from Niger; Y. elegans Papp, originally described from Tanzania, is recorded from Nigeria and South Africa. An identification key is provided. |
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