Chelonus (Parachelonus), Tobias, 1995

Ranjith, A. P. & Priyadarsanan, Dharma Rajan, 2023, New subgeneric reports of the genus Chelonus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India and Sri Lanka with description of nine species, Zootaxa 5278 (3), pp. 461-492 : 486-487

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.3.3

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7906593

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Chelonus (Parachelonus)
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Subgenus Parachelonus Tobias, 1995

( Figures 19–22 View FIGURE 19 View FIGURE 20 View FIGURE 21 View FIGURE 22 )

Diagnosis. Head transverse ( Figs 19B–C View FIGURE 19 , 21B–C View FIGURE 21 ); female antenna with more than 26 antennomeres ( Figs 19A View FIGURE 19 , 21A View FIGURE 21 ); face mostly striate ( Figs 19B View FIGURE 19 , 21B View FIGURE 21 ); clypeus semi-elliptical ( Figs 19B View FIGURE 19 , 21B View FIGURE 21 ); eyes long elliptical or ovoid in lateral view ( Figs 19A, D View FIGURE 19 , 21A View FIGURE 21 ); frons rather concave, smooth ( Figs 19C View FIGURE 19 , 21C View FIGURE 21 ); vertex and occiput striate ( Figs 19C View FIGURE 19 , 21C View FIGURE 21 ); mesoscutum reticulate-rugose ( Figs 19F View FIGURE 19 , 21E View FIGURE 21 ); notauli impressed ( Figs 19F View FIGURE 19 , 21E View FIGURE 21 ); scutellum irregularly sculptured ( Figs 19F View FIGURE 19 , 21E View FIGURE 21 ); propodeum coarsely rugose with medial and lateral tubercles ( Figs 19E View FIGURE 19 , 20A View FIGURE 20 , 21F View FIGURE 21 ); fore wing vein SR1 complete ( Figs 20E View FIGURE 20 , 21D View FIGURE 21 ); metasomal carapace of male with apical opening.

Biology. Parasitoids of Sesiidae and Tortricidae .

Distribution. Oriental and Palaearctic regions.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

SubFamily

Cheloninae

Tribe

Chelonini

Genus

Chelonus

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