taxonID	type	description	language	source
039D879DFFC1A91B6D331A6CFAFDFE89.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 6988 B 1 D 5 - 883 F- 422 E-BF 22 - 42750 A 323 D 49 Fig. 1	en	Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
039D879DFFC1A91B6D331A6CFAFDFE89.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Pholetesor acrocercophagus sp. nov. is closely related to P. circumscriptus (Ness, 1834) in the European keys to the species of the ʻ circumscriptus - groupʼ (Nixon 1973; Papp 1983) on the basis of the following characters: thorax in profile less elongate; metanotum strongly retracted from scutellum anteriorly, exposing mesothoracic postphragma; pterostigma almost 3.0 × as wide as long; vein 1 - R 1 (metacarp) clearly longer than pterostigma, r and 2 - SR slightly curved, meeting less angularly; propodeum largely smooth; hind femur yellowish; T 1 largely smooth, polished and strongly narrowed apically; T 2 + 3 smooth and polished. However, it differs from P. circumscriptus in the following characters: T 2 subtriangular 2.0 × as wide as long posteriorly, hence more transverse (T 2 strongly triangular 2.6 × as wide as long posteriorly in P. circumscriptus); scutellar sulcus narrow with fine foveation (scutellar sulcus narrow with fine groove in which there is no obvious foveation in P. circumscriptus); forewing vein r arising medially of the pterostigma (forewing vein r arising distally of the pterostigma in P. circumscriptus); F 2 2.5 × as long as wide (F 2 3.6 × as long as wide in P. circumscriptus); body comparatively small, about 1.5 mm (body larger, about 1.80 – 2.00 mm in P. circumscriptus).	en	Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
039D879DFFC1A91B6D331A6CFAFDFE89.taxon	etymology	Etymology The new species is named after its host insect.	en	Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
039D879DFFC1A91B6D331A6CFAFDFE89.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype INDIA • ♀; Uttar Pradesh, Aligarh; 27 ° 54 ′ 53.3 ″ N, 78 ° 04 ′ 23.5 ″ E; 11 Jul. 2005; Z. Ahmad leg.; ex. Acrocercops sp. on Achyranthes aspera L.; ZDAMU. Paratype INDIA • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; ZDAMU.	en	Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
039D879DFFC1A91B6D331A6CFAFDFE89.taxon	description	Description Female MEASUREMENTS. Body lenght = 1.5 mm; Length of fore wing = 1.6 mm; Length of antenna = 1.5 mm. HEAD. Almost 2 × as wide as long; eyes 1.6 × as long as temple in dorsal view; temple and vertex smooth, shiny, punctate with hairs; eyes setose, 1.4 × as long as wide, OOL: POL: AOL: OD = 4: 3: 2: 2; frons concave, smooth and shiny, face medially convex, punctate with hairs; clypeus 3 × as wide as long, flattened, indistinctly punctate; malar space about as long as basal width of mandible; antennae about as long as body; scape 1.5 × as long as wide, pedicel slightly wider than long, F 1 3.0 × as long as wide, F 2 2.5 × as long as wide, flagellomeres gradually decreasing apically, apical flagellomere longer than F 15 and pointed. MESOSOMA. About as long as wide and 1.5 × its height; mesoscutum distinctly punctate with hairs, punctations becomes obscured posteriorly, scutellar sulcus narrow with fine foveation; scutellum smooth and shiny, side of scutellum smooth and shiny; propodeum about 2.0 × as wide as long at longest point, largely smooth; posteriorly with series of ridges extending obliquely on either side from nucha; propleuron smooth and shiny; mesopleuron antero-dorsally smooth and shiny, postero-laterally punctate with hairs. LEGS. Hind coxa punctate with hairs; length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 3.0, 5.0 and 4.2 × their width, respectively. WINGS. Fore wing 2.6 × as long as wide, pterostigma almost 3.0 × as wide as long, 1 - R 1 1.21 × as long as pterostigma, r and 2 - SR slightly curved, meeting less angularly, r arising medially of pterostigma. METASOMA. 2.4 × as long as wide; T 1 about 3.0 × as long as its apical width, 1.8 × its basal width, strongly narrowed apically, smooth and shiny except few punctures; T 2 2.0 × as wide as long, subtriangular, smooth and shiny, shorter than T 3; T 3 rectangular, 1.40 × as long as T 2, unsculptured; hypopygium weakly sclerotized, transparent, medially folded, blunt at apex, 2.0 × as long as hind basitarsus; ovipositor sheaths elongate-fusiform, thick and hairy throughout their length, arising about half of valvifer, 1.2 × as long as hind basitarsus; ovipositor pointed at apex and curved downwards. COLOUR. Body black except for the following; hind femur, tibia and basitarsus infuscate; antennae, tegulae, latero-tergites dark brown; tip of hypopygium transparent; ovipositor reddish brown; tibial spurs, palpi creamish; fore leg except coxae, mid leg except coxae, hind tarsus except basitarsus and teleotarsus yellow. Male Unknown.	en	Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
039D879DFFC1A91B6D331A6CFAFDFE89.taxon	distribution	Distribution India: Uttar Pradesh.	en	Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
039D879DFFC1A91B6D331A6CFAFDFE89.taxon	biology_ecology	Host Acrocercops sp.	en	Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
039D879DFFC1A91B6D331A6CFAFDFE89.taxon	discussion	Remarks Pholetesor acrocercophagus sp. nov. can be distinguished from all previously described species by the unique combination of characters as follows: metanotum strongly retracted from scutellum anteriorly, exposing mesothoracic postphragma; propodeum about 2.0 × as wide as long at longest point, largely smooth; posteriorly with a series of ridges extending obliquely on either side from nucha; T 1 about 3.0 × as long as its apical width, 1.8 × its basal width, strongly narrowed apically, smooth and shiny except few punctures; T 2 2.0 × as wide as long, subtriangular, smooth, shiny, shorter than T 3; T 3 rectangular, 1.40 × as long as T 2, unsculptured; hypopygium weakly sclerotized, transparent, medially folded, blunt at apex, 2.0 × as long as hind basitarsus; ovipositor sheaths elongate-fusiform, thick and hairy throughout their length, arising about half of valvifer; ovipositor pointed at apex and curved downwards.	en	Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
039D879DFFC6A9196D6E1FF6FBE2FA1B.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: A 2 B 68 EDA- 3 DBF- 4 CD 0 - 838 F- 1 EFF 0 B 1 E 5 DA 0 Fig. 2	en	Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
039D879DFFC6A9196D6E1FF6FBE2FA1B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Pholetesor camerariae sp. nov. is closely related with Indian species, viz, P. hayati. However, it differs from P. hayati in the following characters: hind coxae somewhat enlarged so that distal ends of hind coxae reach nearly to posterior end of T 3 (hind coxae not reaching beyond T 2 in P. hayati); ovipositor sheaths long, slender basally, then tapering broader to a bluntly bevelled tip, approximately as long as hind basitarsi, arising at mid length of valvifer (ovipositor sheath short, fusiform, 0.55 × as long as hind basitarsi, arising slightly below the mid length of valvifer in P. hayati); T 2 smooth and shiny (T 2 sculptured with a smooth raised median area P. hayati); T 1 1.4 × as long as wide posteriorly (T 1 1.1 × as long as wide posteriorly in P. hayati). Pholetesor camerariae sp. nov. is also closely related with P. salalicus (Mason, 1959) in the key to the Chinese species of the genus Pholetesor (Liu et al. 2016). However, it differs from P. salalicus in the following characters: T 2 smooth except few hairs, trapezoidal, 1.5 × as wide as long, (T 2 rugose, subtriangular to trapezoidal, 1.7 – 2.0 × as wide as long in P. salalicus); posterior margin of T 2 usually weakly concave (posterior margin of T 2 straight in P. salalicus); propodeum about 2 × as wide as long, shallowly rugulose to rugose, smooth at antero-lateral corners (propodeum about 1.7 × as wide as long at longest point, punctate to weakly rugulose antero-laterally, smooth and depressed in postero-lateral corners).	en	Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
039D879DFFC6A9196D6E1FF6FBE2FA1B.taxon	etymology	Etymology The new species is named after its host insect.	en	Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
039D879DFFC6A9196D6E1FF6FBE2FA1B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype INDIA • ♀; Uttar Pradesh, Aligarh; 27 ° 54 ′ 26.4 ″ N, 78 ° 04 ′ 13.9 ″ E; 4 Dec. 2005; Z. Ahmad leg.; ex. Cameraria virgulata Meyrick, 1914 on Millettia pinnata (L.) Panigrahi; ZDAMU. Paratypes INDIA • 17 ♀♀, 3 ƋƋ; same collection data as for holotype; ZDAMU.	en	Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
039D879DFFC6A9196D6E1FF6FBE2FA1B.taxon	description	Description Female MEASUREMENTS. Body length = 1.8 mm; Length of forewing = 2.0 mm; Length of antenna = 2.0 mm. HEAD. Almost 2 × as wide as long in dorsal view; eyes as long as 2.0 × as temple in dorsal view; OOL: POL: AOL: OD = 4: 3: 2: 2; temple smooth, shiny, punctate with hairs; vertex convex, smooth, shiny, indistinctly punctate with hairs; frons concave, smooth and shiny; face 1.3 × as wide as long, medially convex, punctate with hairs; clypeus convex, punctate with hairs; malar space about as long as basal width of mandible; antennae longer than body length, apical four flagellomeres without double rank of placodes, F 1 – F 7 equal in length, F 8 – F 15 gradually decreasing in length apically, apical flagellomere slightly longer than F 15. MESOSOMA. 1.3 × as long as wide dorsally and just above the tegulae as wide as head; scutum shallowly punctate with hairs, becoming nearly impunctate at extreme posterior edge; scutellar sulcus almost straight and foveolate to crenulated; scutellum smooth with fine, shallow punctures; metanotum weakly retracted from scutellum; sublateral setiferous lobes nearly appressed to hind margin of scutellum; transverse carinae poorly developed; propodeum about 2 × as wide as long, shallowly rugulose, smooth at antero-lateral corners, with pair of ridges extending obliquely on either side from nucha; propleuron smooth and shiny; mesopleuron mostly smooth except few hairs anteriorly; metapleuron smooth and shiny except edges. WINGS. Fore wing 2.5 × as long as wide; 1 - R 1 about as long as pterostigma; r slightly longer than 2 - SR; r and 2 - SR meeting angularly. Hind wing with Cu-a declivous; venal lobe evenly convex and hairy; pterostigma almost 3 × as long as wide. LEGS. Hind coxa smooth and shiny, almost reaching posterior end of T 3; length of femur, tibia, and basitarsus of hind leg 4.0, 6.0 and 6 × their width, respectively, longer tibial spur 0.41 × as long as basitarsus (12: 5). METASOMA. About 3 × as long as wide; T 1 2.5 × as long as its apical width, 1.66 × its basal width, parallel sided, only slightly narrowing apically, surface longitudinally aciculate anteriorly, posteriorly aciculorugose with less conspicuous longitudinal elements; T 2 trapezoidal, 1.5 × as wide as long, smooth except few hairs, posterior margin of T 2 usually straight and posteriorly marked by shallow groove; T 3 rectangular, 1.30 × as long as T 2, unsculptured; hypopygium weakly sclerotized basally, membranous apically, 1.5 × as long as hind basitarsus; ovipositor sheaths long, slender basally, then tapering broader to bluntly bevelled tip, hairy at apical half, approximately as long as hypopygium, arising at mid length of valvifer; ovipositor weakly decurved, approximately as long as hypopygium. COLOUR. Body black except for the following: ocelli testaceous; scape, pedicel, F 5 – F 16, mandible brown; maxillary palpi, labial palpi, tibial spurs creamish; legs, tegulae and latero-tergites yellowish; wings hyaline; pterostigma, vein 1 - R 1, C + SC + R slightly pigmented and remaining veins colourless. Male Same as holotype.	en	Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
039D879DFFC6A9196D6E1FF6FBE2FA1B.taxon	biology_ecology	Host Cameraria virgulata.	en	Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
039D879DFFC6A9196D6E1FF6FBE2FA1B.taxon	distribution	Distribution India: Uttar Pradesh.	en	Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
039D879DFFC6A9196D6E1FF6FBE2FA1B.taxon	discussion	Remarks The new species bears strong resemblance to another Indian species, P. hayati, in the colouration of the tegulae, wing veins, stigma and legs (except hind coxae), and the sculpturing of the propodeum and metasomal tergites (but not their exact shapes – P. hayati has a broader first tergite with rounded lateral margins and a somewhat longer second tergite). Also showing some resemblance in the Palearctic fauna is P. laetus (Marshall, 1885) and P. salalicus, both of which shares a number of colour and tergite features with P. camerariae sp. nov., but both the Palearctic species have more sculptured T 2 than P. camerariae sp. nov., and scutellar sulcus reduced to a fine groove in which there is no obvious foveation, while P. camerariae sp. nov. has a distinct faveolated groove in scutellar sulcus.	en	Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
039D879DFFC4A9146D771860FA95FAE6.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: A 0 F 294 EB-CC 47 - 4 DF 7 - A 9 FE-DA 2201 BECCA 2 Fig. 3	en	Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
039D879DFFC4A9146D771860FA95FAE6.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Pholetesor indicus sp. nov. is closely related to P. bicolor (Ness, 1874) in the European keys to the species of ʻ circumscriptus - groupʼ (Nixon, 1973; Papp 1983) on the basis of the following characters: metanotum strongly retracted from scutellum anteriorly, exposing mesothoracic postphragma; pterostigma almost 3.0 × as wide as long; vein 1 - R 1 (metacarp) clearly as long as or shorter than pterostigma, vein r and 2 - SR meeting angularly; propodeum largely smooth; T 1 largely smooth, polished and strongly narrowed apically; T 2 + 3 smooth and polished, metasomal tergites and legs more often yellowish. However, it differs from P. bicolor in the following characters: mesoscutum punctations are prominent all along the mesoscutum surface (punctations becoming indistinct posteriorly near scutellum in P. bicolor); tegulae blackish brown (tegulae yellowish to pale yellowish in P. bicolor) pterostigma about 3.0 × as wide as long (pterostigma about 2.5 × as wide as long in P. bicolor); hind coxae black (hind coxae often yellowish in P. bicolor); ovipositor sheaths 0.9 × as long as hind basitarsi, small and thick (ovipositor sheaths 1.1 – 1.2 × as long as hind basitarsi, comparatively large with blunt apex in P. bicolor); F 2 2.3 × as long as wide (F 2 3.5 × as long as wide in P. bicolor); F 5 – F 11 with double rank of placodes (F 5 – F 6 with double rank of placodes in P. bicolor). The new species is also very similar to P. circumscriptus. However, it differs from P. circumscriptus in the following characters: vein 1 - R 1 (metacarp) as long as or shorter than pterostigma (vein 1 - R 1 (metacarp) clearly longer than pterostigma in P. circumscriptus); T 2 subtriangular, 2.0 × as wide as long posteriorly, hence more transverse (T 2 strongly triangular, 3 × as wide as long posteriorly in P. circumscriptus); forewing vein r and 2 - SR meeting angularly (forewing vein r and 2 - SR meeting each other less angularly in P. circumscriptus). Apart from the similarities with P. bicolor, the new species also runs close to P. teresitergum Liu & Chen, 2016 in the key to the Chinese species of the genus Pholetesor (Liu et al. 2016). However, it differs from P. teresitergum in the following characters: eyes 2.2 × as long as temple in dorsal view (eyes 1.6 × as long as temple in dorsal view in P. teresitergum); ocelli large (ocelli relatively small in P. teresitergum); scutellum highly polished (scutellum punctate with hairs in P. teresitergum); ovipositor sheaths small and thick, slender with a bluntly rounded tips, (ovipositor sheaths small and subfusiform in P. teresitergum); tegulae blackish brown (tegulae yellowish in P. teresitergum).	en	Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
039D879DFFC4A9146D771860FA95FAE6.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype INDIA • ♀; Uttar Pradesh, Aligarh; 27 ° 54 ′ 51.0 ″ N, 78 ° 04 ′ 24.7 ″ E; 27 Oct. 2005; Z. Ahmad leg.; ex. Acrocercops phaeospora Meyrick, 1914 on Syzygium cuminii (L.) Skeels; ZDAMU. Paratypes INDIA • 5 ♀♀, 2 ƋƋ; same collection data as for holotype; ZDAMU.	en	Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
039D879DFFC4A9146D771860FA95FAE6.taxon	etymology	Etymology The new species is named after its type locality.	en	Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
039D879DFFC4A9146D771860FA95FAE6.taxon	description	Description Female MEASUREMENTS. Body lenght = 1.7 – 1.8 mm; length of antenna = 2.0 mm; Length of fore wing = 1.7 mm. HEAD. Transverse, almost 2 × as wide as long in dorsal view; eyes 2.2 × as long as temple in dorsal view; eyes 1.3 × as long as wide, setose; temple and vertex punctate with hairs; OOL: POL: AOL: OD = 4: 3: 2: 2; frons concave, smooth, shiny, punctate with hairs; face medially convex, punctate with white pilosity, 1.3 × as wide as long; clypeus smooth, punctate with hairs; malar space 1.5 × as long as basal width of mandible; antennae longer than body, scape 1.2 × as long as wide, pedicel 0.66 × as long as wide, F 2 2.3 × as long as wide, F 14 1.5 × as long as wide, F 5 – F 11 with double rank of placodes, apical segment pointed. MESOSOMA. 1.5 × as long as wide; mesoscutum as wide as head and strongly punctate with hairs, punctations prominent all along mesoscutum surface; scutellar sulcus narrow and crenulate; scutellum smooth and polished, side of scutellum smooth and shiny; propodeum almost 2 × as wide as long, largely smooth except antero-medially punctate with long hairs, posterior corners somewhat weakly rugulose; propleuron smooth and shiny; mesopleuron concave, smooth and shiny, antero-lateral, punctate with hairs; metapleuron smooth and shiny with few hairs. WINGS. Fore wings hyaline, about 3.0 × as long as wide, pterostigma about 3.0 × as wide as long, 1 - R 1, about 0.9 × as long as length of pterostigma, r and 2 - SR meeting angularly; venal lobe of hind wing convex. LEGS. Hind coxae hairy, length of hind femur, tibia and basitarsus 2.6, 5.0 and 2.6 × their width, respectively, outer tibial spur 0.5 × as long as hind basitarsus. METASOMA. 1.7 × as long as wide; T 1 3.6 × as long as its apical width and 1.8 × its basal width, distinctly narrowed apically, smooth and shiny; T 2 subtriangular, 3 × as wide as long, smooth except few punctations; hypopygium sclerotized, folded medially and blunt at apex; ovipositor sheaths small and thick, slender with bluntly rounded tips, 0.7 × as long as hypopygium and 0.9 × longer than hind basitarsi, hairy at apical one third, arising below at mid length of valvifer; ovipositor weakly curved downward. COLOUR. Body blackish brown except for the following: ocelli testaceous; palpi, labarum, fore leg, mid leg and hind leg yellowish except coxae; tegulae blackish brown; scape, pedicel, latero-tergites of T 1 and T 2 and ovipositor yellowish brown; antennae brown; ovipositor sheaths, fore, mid and hind coxae black; mid and hind femur infuscate; pterostigma, vein C + SC + R, 1 - R 1, 2 - SR, Cu-a, 1 - Cu 1, 2 - Cu 1 and 2 - M brown; remaining veins colourless, wings hyaline. Male Same as holotype except antennae longer than body length, F 1 – F 3 with double rank of placodes.	en	Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
039D879DFFC4A9146D771860FA95FAE6.taxon	biology_ecology	Host Acrocercops phaeospora.	en	Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
039D879DFFC4A9146D771860FA95FAE6.taxon	distribution	Distribution India: Uttar Pradesh.	en	Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
039D879DFFC4A9146D771860FA95FAE6.taxon	discussion	Remarks Pholetesor indicus sp. nov. can be distinguished from all previously described species by the unique combination of characters as follows: ocelli large; scutellum highly polished; propodeum almost 2 × as wide as long, largely smooth except antero-medially punctate with long hairs, posterior corners somewhat weakly rugulose; T 1 3.6 × as long as its apical width and 1.8 × its basal width, distinctly narrowed apically, smooth and shiny; T 2 subtriangular, 3 × as wide as long, smooth except few punctations; T 3 rectangular, 1.40 × as long as T 2, unsculptured; hypopygium sclerotized, folded medially and blunt at apex; ovipositor sheaths small and thick, slender with a bluntly rounded tips, 0.7 × as long as hypopygium, hairy at apical one third, arising below at mid length of valvifer; ovipositor weakly curved downward. Key to the Indian species of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 reared from lepidopteran leafminers 1. T 1 sculptured all along the surface, usually parallel sided, weakly narrowing only posteriorly; T 2 trapezoidal; tegulae yellowish .......................................................................................................... 2 – T 1 smooth except for few punctations, strongly narrowing posteriorly; T 2 strongly triangular to subtriangular; tegulae dark brown to black ...................................................................................... 3 2. Ovipositor sheaths short and fusiform in shape; T 2 sculptured with a smooth raised median area; legs completely yellow ................................................................... P. hayati Akhtar & Ahmad, 2010 – Ovipositor sheaths long, slender basally, then tapering broader to a bluntly bevelled tip; T 2 completely smooth and shiny ............................................................................................. P. camerariae sp. nov. 3. Hypopygium heavily sclerotized; ovipositor sheaths small, nearly as long as hind basitarsi ............ ................................................................................................................................ P. indicus sp. nov. – Hypopygium weakly sclerotized; ovipositor sheaths long, more than 1.2 × as long as hind basitarsi ................................................................................................................ P. acrocercophagus sp. nov.	en	Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
039D879DFFC4A9146D771860FA95FAE6.taxon	discussion	Remarks Pholetesor indicus sp. nov. can be distinguished from all previously described species by the unique combination of characters as follows: ocelli large; scutellum highly polished; propodeum almost 2 × as wide as long, largely smooth except antero-medially punctate with long hairs, posterior corners somewhat weakly rugulose; T 1 3.6 × as long as its apical width and 1.8 × its basal width, distinctly narrowed apically, smooth and shiny; T 2 subtriangular, 3 × as wide as long, smooth except few punctations; T 3 rectangular, 1.40 × as long as T 2, unsculptured; hypopygium sclerotized, folded medially and blunt at apex; ovipositor sheaths small and thick, slender with a bluntly rounded tips, 0.7 × as long as hypopygium, hairy at apical one third, arising below at mid length of valvifer; ovipositor weakly curved downward.	en	Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A., Pandey, Kavita (2020): Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 726: 24-37, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
