A REVISION OF THE YELICONES SPECIES (HYMENOPTERA, BRACONIDAE, ROGADINAE) FROM AFRICA AND THE ARABIAN PENINSULA, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF 4 NEW SPECIES

The braconid wasp genus Yelicones Cameron from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula is revised. Eight species are recognized. Four new species a re described: Y. africana and Y. gessi from South Africa; Y. minutus f rom Nigeria; Y: nigromaculatus from the Seychelles and South Africa. Y elicones vojnitsi Papp, originally described from Tanzania, is recorde d from Oman, Egypt, Niger, Senegal, Kenya, Namibia and South Africa; i ntraspecific variation is documented. Yelicones divaricatus Papp, orig inally 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.