Chelonus (Arichelonus), Viereck, 1913

Zhou, Jin-Jin, Achterberg, Kees Van, Tang, Pu & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2022, A review of the subgenera Arichelonus, Megachelonus and Scabrichelonus of the genus Chelonus Panzer (Braconidae: Cheloninae) with description of five new species from China, Zootaxa 5165 (4), pp. 527-547 : 528

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Chelonus (Arichelonus)
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Subgenus Arichelonus Viereck, 1913

Chelonus (Arichelonus) Viereck, 1913: 641 .

Type-species: Chelonus aculeatus Ashmead, 1890 View in CoL .

Arichelonus : De Saeger, 1948: 125 (as syn. of Chelonus Panzer View in CoL ).

Diagnosis. Head transverse ( Figs 2H View FIGURE 2 , 4G View FIGURE 4 ); antenna slender, filiform ( Figs 2I View FIGURE 2 , 4I View FIGURE 4 ); face and vertex behind ocelli smooth to densely granulate, clypeus flat and densely punctate ( Figs 2G View FIGURE 2 , 4F View FIGURE 4 ); eyes setose ( Figs 2J View FIGURE 2 , 4H View FIGURE 4 ); mesoscutum evenly convex, transverse suture distinct; scutellar suture comparatively deep; propodeum coarsely reticulate-rugose with transversal carina ( Figs 2C View FIGURE 2 , 4C View FIGURE 4 ); metasomal carapace with the straight elongate apex ( Figs 2D View FIGURE 2 , 4D View FIGURE 4 ).

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Oriental.

Key to species of subgenus Arichelonus

1 Apex of metasomal carapace with a semi-round and semi-hyaline lamella ( Fig. 4D View FIGURE 4 ). Zhejiang ( China)................................................................................................. C. (A.) kenosetrus sp. nov.

- Apex of metasomal carapace without such lamella........................................................... 2

2 Body length less than 4.0 mm; length of antenna distinctly less than body length in female........................... 3

- Body length 5.0–9.0 mm; antenna nearly as long as body length in female........................................ 4

3 Antennomeres of female 18 ( Fig. 2I View FIGURE 2 ), slender. Zhejiang ( China)............................................................................................................................... C. (A.) allokotosus sp. nov.

- Antennomeres of female 27, robust. USA........................................ C. (A.) aculeatus Ashmead, 1890 View in CoL

4 Head weakly widened behind eyes in dorsal view; hind femur 4.0 × longer than wide; mesosoma black. Kazakhstan.................................................................................... C. (A.) sternalis Tobias, 1964 View in CoL

- Head subparallel-sided behind eyes in dorsal view; hind femur 3.3–3.8 × longer than wide; mesosoma frequently more or less reddish. Europe and Central Asia................................................... C. (A.) olgae Kokujev, 1895 View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Chelonus

Loc

Chelonus (Arichelonus)

Zhou, Jin-Jin, Achterberg, Kees Van, Tang, Pu & Chen, Xue-Xin 2022
2022
Loc

Chelonus (Arichelonus)

Viereck, H. L. 1913: 641
1913
Loc

Arichelonus

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