Revision of Yelicones (Hymenoptera : Braconidae : Rogadinae) from the Australasian region

The braconid wasp genus Yelicones Cameron from the Australasian region is r evised. Fourteen species are recognised: I: paradoxus (Fischer) and Y. bulo loensis, sp. nov, from Papua New Guinea, I:fijiensis, sp. nov. from Fiji, a nd Y: affinis, sp. nov., Y: cardaleae, sp. nov., I: desertus, sp. nov., Y. doyeni, sp. nov., Y. fittoni, sp. nov., Y. luridus Papp, Y. naumanni, sp. n ov., Y. nigridorsum, sp. nov., I: shawl, sp. nov., I: scutellaris, sp. nov. , and Y. vulgaris, sp, nov, from the Australian mainland. I: tenuis Papp fr om Australia is transferred from Yelicones to Mesocentrus Szepligeti (comb. nov.). A key to species is presented, and the relationships of Yelicones w ithin the Rogadinae s.l., its biology and distribution are discussed.