taxonID	type	description	language	source
904287A89A05FF8646D5FE98FDCAFB4E.taxon	description	Figs 1 & 2 Female, length of body 3.3 mm, of fore wing 3.4 mm. Colour. Black or dark brown (Fig. 1 A); scapus yellow and pedicellus of antenna brown; palpi, tegulum, coxae, trochanters, trochantelli pale yellowish; and remainder of legs (but telotarsi infuscate) brownish-yellow; mandibles (margins darkened) and first tergite of metasoma reddish brown; wing membrane slightly infuscate. Propleuron and pronotal side ventrally orange (Fig. 1 B). Head. Antenna with 24 antennomeres, length of third, fourth and penultimate antennomeres 3.7, 6.1 and 2.5 × their maximum width, respectively; OOL: diameter of posterior ocellus: POL = 5.0: 1.9: 2.0; frons glabrous and smooth (Fig. 2 A), nearly flat; length of eye in dorsal view 2.4 × temple; eyes glabrous except for a few setae; temples slightly curved behind eyes; median groove of vertex present (Fig. 2 B); head 1.5 – 1.7 × wider than high medially, smooth; clypeus sparsely finely punctate, rather convex medially, long setose; mandible partially rugulose, its medial length 1.6 × maximum width, second tooth longer than lateral teeth (Fig. 1 B). Mesosoma. Mesoscutum glabrous, smooth, strongly shiny and with complete lateral carina (Fig. 2 D); scutellar sulcus transverse and deep with one median carina; scutellum slightly convex; metanotum with two diverging sub median carinae; surface of propodeum mainly rugulose, with two sub medio-longitudinal carinae forming an areola in apical half (Fig. 2 F). Wings. (Fig. 2 E) Fore wing: 2 - SR oblique; r: 3 - SR: SR 1 (relative) = 11.5: 40.6: 115.2; r about 1.3 × as long as width of pterostigma, pterostigma narrow elliptical; SR 1 straight and ending nearly at apex of wing; 2 - SR: 3 - SR: r-m (relative) = 23.8: 40.6: 13.1; r-m and 2 - SR (apical third) interstitial. Hind wing: narrow apically; no trace of cu-a. Ratio of m-cu: 2 - SR 37.7: 23.8. Second submarginal cell 2.2 × as long as its maximum width. Legs. Length of femur about 5.0 × as long as its maximum width. Ratio of ovipositor: hind femur and first tergite 13.9: 75.6: 47.8. Metasoma. Length of first tergite about 0.9 × as long as apical width, its surface distinctly convex medially and rugose, longitudinal sub median carinae distinct in basal 0.5 and tergite widened behind spiracles; dorsope rather large (Fig. 2 G). Length of setose part of ovipositor sheath (Fig. 2 H) 0.4 × fore wing length, sub equal to metasoma, 1.7 × hind femur length and 1.1 × hind tibia length, with very long setae.	en	Gupta, Ankita, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Pattar, Rohit, Minz, Kriti Arpana (2022): On the occurrence of a Palaearctic species of the genus Aphaereta Foerster (Braconidae, Alysiinae) and description of a new species of the genus Leiophron Nees (Braconidae, Euphorinae) from central India. Zootaxa 5209 (4): 455-462, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.4.4
904287A89A05FF8646D5FE98FDCAFB4E.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 4 ♀; India, Chhattisgarh, Kanker, 20 ° 14 ′ 48.416 ′′ N, 81 ° 30 ′ 28.873 ′′ E, yellow pan trap, 8 – 14. ii. 2022; leg Kriti A. Minz. code — NBAIR / Brac / Aly / Aphae / 08222 A – D (NIM).	en	Gupta, Ankita, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Pattar, Rohit, Minz, Kriti Arpana (2022): On the occurrence of a Palaearctic species of the genus Aphaereta Foerster (Braconidae, Alysiinae) and description of a new species of the genus Leiophron Nees (Braconidae, Euphorinae) from central India. Zootaxa 5209 (4): 455-462, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.4.4
904287A89A05FF8646D5FE98FDCAFB4E.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The species has a wide distribution as it is encountered in inhabited areas. So far known from Europe and the East Palaearctic region (pers. comm. CvA). The Indian specimens resemble A. vondelparkensis in almost all the characters and also possess the pale pronotum (ventrally) and propleuron, however, slight variations are observed which are shown in Table 1.	en	Gupta, Ankita, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Pattar, Rohit, Minz, Kriti Arpana (2022): On the occurrence of a Palaearctic species of the genus Aphaereta Foerster (Braconidae, Alysiinae) and description of a new species of the genus Leiophron Nees (Braconidae, Euphorinae) from central India. Zootaxa 5209 (4): 455-462, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.4.4
904287A89A07FF8146D5F8A9FEF2FD7A.taxon	description	Figs 3 – 5	en	Gupta, Ankita, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Pattar, Rohit, Minz, Kriti Arpana (2022): On the occurrence of a Palaearctic species of the genus Aphaereta Foerster (Braconidae, Alysiinae) and description of a new species of the genus Leiophron Nees (Braconidae, Euphorinae) from central India. Zootaxa 5209 (4): 455-462, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.4.4
904287A89A07FF8146D5F8A9FEF2FD7A.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype. ♀; India, Chhattisgarh, Mainpat, 22 ° 48 ′ 33.146 ′′ N, 83 ° 17 ′ 38.919 ′′ E, yellow pan trap, 25 – 30. iii. 2022; leg Kriti A. Minz. code — NBAIR / Brac / Euph / Leio / 25322 H (NIM). Paratype, one female and one male, same data as holotype, code — NBAIR / Brac / Euph / Leio / 25322 P 1 and NBAIR / Brac / Euph / Leio / 25322 P 2 (NIM). Holotype. Body length 3.2 mm; fore wing length 2.3 mm; exserted part of ovipositor 0.15 mm. Colour. Body mainly brownish (Figs 3 & 4); antennomeres yellowish but 3 – 4 apical antennomeres dark brown; legs in general yellowish with comparatively paler fore and mid legs; fore wings prominently infuscated, fore wing with pterostigma dark brown in apical half and remainder pale yellowish; first tergite and majority of the second tergite yellowish brown, following tergites black. Head. Antenna with 15 antennomeres; F 1 3.8 × as long as wide and 1.1 × F 2; penultimate antennomere 1.4 × as long as wide; head rather square (Fig. 5 A), ca. 1.4 × as wide as long in dorsal view, 1.3 × as wide as long in frontal view; temple smooth; eye length 1.6 × temple in dorsal view (Fig. 5 B); POL: OOL: OD = 14.3: 12.4: 4.5; POL 1.1 × OOL; malar suture present, malar space subequal to 0.7 × basal width of mandible; occipital carina ventrally present; face smooth and setose, clypeus smooth and intertentorial line 3.2 × tentorio-ocular line; vertex smooth around ocelli, with shallow punctures near temple and occiput. Mesosoma. Mesosoma 1.8 × as long as wide in dorsal view, notauli entirely absent, median and lateral lobes of mesoscutum smooth (Fig. 5 C). Propodeum irregularly reticulate rugose with no median carina. Fore wing 3.3 × as long as wide (Fig. 5 E); pterostigma 2.8 × as long as wide; 1 - R 1 0.35 – 0.37 × length of pterostigma; 1 - M thickened; 1 - CU 1, 2 - CU 1 present; r + 3 - SR + SR 1 well developed; 1 - SR + M weakly developed; basal cell glabrous and subbasal cell largely so. Hind femur, hind tibia and hind basitarsus 4.9, 8.0, 8.9 × as long as their width, respectively. Metasoma. Metasoma 2.5 × its width in dorsal view and 2.7 × its height in lateral view; first tergite longitudinally striate (Fig. 5 D), 3.9 × longer than its apical width; spiracles situated at middle of tergite and ventral one third of T 1 closed in middle; T 2 smooth, 0.4 × length of metasoma, remaining tergites smooth.	en	Gupta, Ankita, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Pattar, Rohit, Minz, Kriti Arpana (2022): On the occurrence of a Palaearctic species of the genus Aphaereta Foerster (Braconidae, Alysiinae) and description of a new species of the genus Leiophron Nees (Braconidae, Euphorinae) from central India. Zootaxa 5209 (4): 455-462, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.4.4
904287A89A07FF8146D5F8A9FEF2FD7A.taxon	description	Variation. The male paratype (Fig. 4) is very similar to the holotype but differs in having 16 antennomeres.	en	Gupta, Ankita, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Pattar, Rohit, Minz, Kriti Arpana (2022): On the occurrence of a Palaearctic species of the genus Aphaereta Foerster (Braconidae, Alysiinae) and description of a new species of the genus Leiophron Nees (Braconidae, Euphorinae) from central India. Zootaxa 5209 (4): 455-462, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.4.4
904287A89A07FF8146D5F8A9FEF2FD7A.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named after the thickened vein 1 - M of the fore wing: “ crassus ” is Latin for thickened and “ vena ” is Latin for vein.	en	Gupta, Ankita, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Pattar, Rohit, Minz, Kriti Arpana (2022): On the occurrence of a Palaearctic species of the genus Aphaereta Foerster (Braconidae, Alysiinae) and description of a new species of the genus Leiophron Nees (Braconidae, Euphorinae) from central India. Zootaxa 5209 (4): 455-462, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.4.4
904287A89A07FF8146D5F8A9FEF2FD7A.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This species comes close to L. hayati by having the length of the malar space and the basal width of the mandible subequal, the face smooth, the colour pattern similar and the notauli entirely absent (Shamim et al. 2009). However, it can be differentiated with the following set of characters: length of metasoma 2.6 × its height (4.2 × its height in L. hayati); hind femur 4.9 × as long as wide (3.0 × as long as wide); T 1 3.9 × longer than its apical width (3.3 × longer than its apical width) and T 2 0.4 × as long as metasoma (more than 0.5 × as long as metasoma).	en	Gupta, Ankita, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Pattar, Rohit, Minz, Kriti Arpana (2022): On the occurrence of a Palaearctic species of the genus Aphaereta Foerster (Braconidae, Alysiinae) and description of a new species of the genus Leiophron Nees (Braconidae, Euphorinae) from central India. Zootaxa 5209 (4): 455-462, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.4.4
