taxonID	type	description	language	source
03D57A3C6D59FF89B1A844AB749B5A49.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2	en	Gupta, Ankita, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Pattar, Rohit, Navik, Omprakash, Mahendiran, G. (2022): Two new species of the genera Leiophron Nees and Paroligoneurus Muesebeck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from northern India. Zootaxa 5175 (5): 593-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.5.8
03D57A3C6D59FF89B1A844AB749B5A49.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype. ♀; India, Tripura, Agartala, Khejurbagan, 23 ° 51 ’ 43.9 ” N 91 ° 16 ’ 54.7 ” E, yellow pan trap, 5. iii. 2022; leg G. Mahendiran and Omprakash Navik. code — NBAIR / Brac / Euph / Leio / 5322 A (NIM). Paratype, female, same data as holotype, code — NBAIR / Brac / Euph / Leio / 5322 B (NIM).	en	Gupta, Ankita, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Pattar, Rohit, Navik, Omprakash, Mahendiran, G. (2022): Two new species of the genera Leiophron Nees and Paroligoneurus Muesebeck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from northern India. Zootaxa 5175 (5): 593-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.5.8
03D57A3C6D59FF89B1A844AB749B5A49.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet refers to the comparatively vague fore wing venation; “ indefinitus ” is Latin for vague.	en	Gupta, Ankita, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Pattar, Rohit, Navik, Omprakash, Mahendiran, G. (2022): Two new species of the genera Leiophron Nees and Paroligoneurus Muesebeck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from northern India. Zootaxa 5175 (5): 593-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.5.8
03D57A3C6D59FF89B1A844AB749B5A49.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype. Female, body length 2.7 mm (Fig. 1); fore wing length 2.0 mm. Head. Antenna 16 antennomeres and as long as body; scape as long as wide, F 1 3.3 × as long as wide and as long as F 2; head transverse, ca. 1.4 × as wide as long in dorsal view, temple smooth; eye length 1.9 × temple in dorsal view (Fig. 2 B); POL: OOL: OD (relative) = 16: 29: 9; POL 0.5 × OOL; malar space slightly longer than basal width of mandible and malar suture present; occipital carina ventrally straight; mandible two-toothed; face smooth and setose (Fig. 2 A), minimum width of face 0.6 × as long as F 1 − F 3, clypeus smooth and intertentorial line 2.5 × longer than tentorio-ocular line; vertex smooth around ocelli, with shallow punctations near temple and occiput. F 1 subequal to F 2 in length; ratio of length and width of F 1, F 2, F 3 and penultimate flagellomere 3.3, 3.3, 2.6, 1.3, respectively. Mesosoma. Mesosoma 1.8 × as long as high in lateral view, median and lateral lobes of mesoscutum smooth except for faint notaulic impression with shallow crenulae (Fig. 2 E). Propodeum irregularly reticulate-rugose and no median carina (Fig. 2 F). Fore wing 3.4 × as long as wide (Fig. 2 D), shorter than body and basal cell glabrous; pterostigma 2.4 × as long as wide; 1 - R 1 0.2 × length of pterostigma; marginal cell short; pterostigma 6.1 × longer than marginal cell; veins r, 3 - SR + SR 1 and 1 - M sclerotized; veins 1 - SR + M and 2 - CU 1 present but weakly sclerotized; vein m-cu absent and vein cu-a sclerotized. Hind wing: veins 1 - 1 A (except basally) and cu-a absent and subbasal cell open. Hind femur 4.6 × as long as wide medially; hind tarsus a little longer than hind tibia; hind basitarsus slightly longer than combined length of second to fourth tarsomeres and 2.6 × as long as second tarsomere. Metasoma. Metasoma shorter than mesosoma; first tergite longitudinally striate (Fig. 2 G) but basal quarter irregularly rugose, 3.3 × as long as its apical width, hardly widened posteriorly, its spiracles situated in front of middle of tergite and ventral 0.6 closed (medially) (Fig. 2 H); remaining tergites smooth (Fig. 2 I). Colour. Body mainly yellowish; antennomeres yellowish but 4 apical antennomeres dark brown; legs in general yellowish except light brown hind tibia in apical half; wings faintly infuscate, fore wing with pterostigma dark brown in apical half and remainder pale yellowish; first tergite pale yellowish and following tergites brown or dark brown. Variation. The topotypic paratype is very similar to the holotype but differs in having 17 antennomeres.	en	Gupta, Ankita, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Pattar, Rohit, Navik, Omprakash, Mahendiran, G. (2022): Two new species of the genera Leiophron Nees and Paroligoneurus Muesebeck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from northern India. Zootaxa 5175 (5): 593-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.5.8
03D57A3C6D59FF89B1A844AB749B5A49.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India (Tripura).	en	Gupta, Ankita, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Pattar, Rohit, Navik, Omprakash, Mahendiran, G. (2022): Two new species of the genera Leiophron Nees and Paroligoneurus Muesebeck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from northern India. Zootaxa 5175 (5): 593-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.5.8
03D57A3C6D59FF89B1A844AB749B5A49.taxon	discussion	Comments. This species comes near to L. topali Papp, 1997 according to Papp (1997) because of the weakly developed notauli and the pterostigma being 2.4 × as long as wide, however differs in the following set of characters: head yellowish and transverse, ca. 1.4 × as wide as long in dorsal view; antenna with 16 antennomeres; scape, pedicel and F 1 yellow, F 2 onwards dark brown; F 1 1.3 × as long as F 2; face 0.6 × as long as F 1 − F 3; propodeum transversely rugulose (vs head blackish brown; head 1.55 × as wide as long in dorsal view; antenna with 15 antennomeres; scape, pedicel and F 1 − F 12 yellow, F 13 onwards dark brown including apex, F 1 subequal to F 2; face as wide as flagellomeres 1 − 3; propodeum irregularly reticulate-rugose in L. topali). This species also differs from other species described by Papp (1997) in the following characters: from L. mutila in the absence of the mutilated vein r + 3 - SR of the fore wing and from L. cacuminata in lacking the pair of latero-apical teeth of the clypeus. The new species can be separated from other Indian species described in Shamim et al. (2009) in having the notauli faintly impressed and from L. sharifi in having F 1 and F 2 length and width ratio subequal (vs 4.6 and 3.1, respectively). In the key to Chinese species of Leiophron (Chen, He and Ma 2001) it runs to L. ruficephala Chen & van Achterberg, 1997 from Oriental China (Yunnan) because of similar venation and shape of clypeus. The new species differs by having the notauli shallowly impressed (entirely absent in L. ruficephala), smaller eyes and malar space slightly longer than basal width of mandible (0.9 × basal width of mandible), malar suture present (absent), eye 1.9 × longer than temple in dorsal view (1.5 ×), mesosoma yellowish (dark brown) and marginal cell of fore wing shorter (longer, see Fig. 265 in Chen and van Achterberg 1997).	en	Gupta, Ankita, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Pattar, Rohit, Navik, Omprakash, Mahendiran, G. (2022): Two new species of the genera Leiophron Nees and Paroligoneurus Muesebeck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from northern India. Zootaxa 5175 (5): 593-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.5.8
03D57A3C6D5BFF8CB1A841D271545DD1.taxon	description	Figs 3, 4	en	Gupta, Ankita, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Pattar, Rohit, Navik, Omprakash, Mahendiran, G. (2022): Two new species of the genera Leiophron Nees and Paroligoneurus Muesebeck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from northern India. Zootaxa 5175 (5): 593-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.5.8
03D57A3C6D5BFF8CB1A841D271545DD1.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype. India. ♀; Himachal Pradesh, Chamba District, Khajjiar, 32.555795 ° N, 76.0655834 ° E, 24. ix. 2014; Ankita Gupta leg; (NIM). code — NBAIR / Brac / Ichn / Para / 24914 - (NIM). Holotype. Female, body length 3.1 mm, fore wing 3.6 mm (Fig. 3), ovipositor sheath 0.3 mm. Head. Width of head 1.7 × its length in dorsal view (Fig. 4 B); antenna with 20 antennomeres, segments filamentous; length of first flagellomere subequal to second flagellomere; length of first, second and penultimate flagellomeres 7.0, 7.0 and 2.2 × as long as wide respectively; length of scape 1.2 × as long as pedicel; vertex and temple densely setose; length of eye 2.4 × as long as temple in dorsal view; POL: OD: OOL = 44: 21: 84; face smooth, polished, sparsely setose and shallowly punctate (Fig. 4 A); width 1.3 × as long as its medial length (frontal view); anterior tentorial pits slightly enlarged; intertentorial distance 4.3 × as long as tentorio-ocular distance; width of clypeus 1.4 × its length; clypeus smooth, convex ventrally and with apical row of setae; length of malar space subequal to basal width of mandible. Mesosoma. Mesosoma 1.6 × as long as high; mesoscutum flat, smooth, polished, setose; notauli absent (Fig. 4 C); scutellum smooth, setose; propodeum smooth, sparsely setose and shallowly punctate with no visible carinae (Fig. 4 D). Wings. Fore wing: pterostigma 3.0 × as long as wide (Fig. 4 E); 1 - R 1 0.24 × as long as pterostigma; r issuing a little behind middle of pterostigma; length of r 0.7 × pterostigmal width; cu-a prominent; 2 - CU 1 absent. Hind wing: M + CU: 1 - M: 0.4: 0.3; 1 - 1 A faintly sclerotised. Legs. Hind coxa smooth, sparsely punctate dorsally and setose; length of hind femur, tibia, basitarsus 3.6, 9.7 and 6.7 × as long as wide respectively; length of hind tibia 1.1 × hind tarsus; length of hind basitarsus 1.5 × combined length of second and third tarsal segments. Metasoma. Length of metasoma 1.3 × as long as mesosoma; length of first tergite 4.6 × its apical width; first tergite smooth without longitudinal groove, narrowing basally, gradually narrowing apically (Fig. 4 D), width at spiracle 1.9 × width at apex, first tergite length 2.4 × width at level of spiracles; second and following tergite smooth; length of second tergite 0.9 × its apical width; second tergite trapezoidal, oblique lateral grooves of medial area of distinct (Fig. 4 D); hypopygium distinctly pointed apically; length of hypopygium 1.8 × first tergite; length of ovipositor sheath 0.8 × first tergite; ovipositor sheath setose apically. Colour. Body brownish including antenna, eye, pterostigma, and ovipositor sheath.	en	Gupta, Ankita, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Pattar, Rohit, Navik, Omprakash, Mahendiran, G. (2022): Two new species of the genera Leiophron Nees and Paroligoneurus Muesebeck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from northern India. Zootaxa 5175 (5): 593-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.5.8
03D57A3C6D5BFF8CB1A841D271545DD1.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India (Himachal Pradesh).	en	Gupta, Ankita, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Pattar, Rohit, Navik, Omprakash, Mahendiran, G. (2022): Two new species of the genera Leiophron Nees and Paroligoneurus Muesebeck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from northern India. Zootaxa 5175 (5): 593-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.5.8
03D57A3C6D5BFF8CB1A841D271545DD1.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet is derived from the collection locality.	en	Gupta, Ankita, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Pattar, Rohit, Navik, Omprakash, Mahendiran, G. (2022): Two new species of the genera Leiophron Nees and Paroligoneurus Muesebeck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from northern India. Zootaxa 5175 (5): 593-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.5.8
03D57A3C6D5BFF8CB1A841D271545DD1.taxon	discussion	Comments. The new species differs from P. harishi Ranjith & van Achterberg, 2020 (Ranjith et al. 2020) in the following set of characters: antenna with 20 antennomeres, length of first flagellomere subequal to second flagellomere; length of first, second and penultimate flagellomeres 7.0, 7.0 and 2.2 × as long as wide respectively (vs 18 antennomeres; 1.1 ×; 3.0, 2.6 and 1.6 × as long as wide, respectively in P. harishi); length of eye 2.4 × as long as temple in dorsal view (vs 1.5 ×); intertentorial distance 4.3 × as long as tentorio-ocular distance (vs 3.25 ×); length of hind femur, tibia, basitarsus 3.6, 9.7 and 6.7 × as long as wide, respectively (vs 2.6, 10.25 and 6.5 ×); length of first tergite 4.6 × its apical width (vs 1.5 ×); length of second tergite 0.9 × its apical width (vs 0.5 ×); length of ovipositor sheath 0.8 × first tergite (vs 1.4 ×). The new species also differs from P. songyangensis (He, 2000) mainly by having fewer antennal antennomeres (20 vs 24 in P. songyangensis) and largely smooth propodeum (vs medio-posteriorly propodeum longitudinally rugulose). The new species differs from P. pallidus Austin & Wharton, 1992 in having the pterostigma 3.0 × as long as wide (vs 2.0 × as long as wide in P. pallidus) and hypopygium 1.8 × as long as first tergite (vs 2.4 – 2.5 × as long as first tergite).	en	Gupta, Ankita, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Pattar, Rohit, Navik, Omprakash, Mahendiran, G. (2022): Two new species of the genera Leiophron Nees and Paroligoneurus Muesebeck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from northern India. Zootaxa 5175 (5): 593-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.5.8
