identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
1E4287ED33012C72A1C5FCBCFA24F92A.text	1E4287ED33012C72A1C5FCBCFA24F92A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chelonus (Carinichelonus) Tobias 2000	<div><p>Subgenus Carinichelonus Tobias, 2000</p><p>Diagnosis. Head transverse (Figs 1B, 3C, 4C); number of antennomeres 16 in female; apical antennomeres swollen (Figs 1A, 4A); face reticulo-rugose or rugose; eyes setose; clypeus semi elliptical and densely punctate (Figs 1B, 3C, 4C); frons deeply excavated posteriorly and smooth with prominent mid and lateral longitudinal carina (Figs 1B–D); mesoscutum and scutellum rugose; notauli impressed (Figs 2A, B, 4B); propodeum coarsely rugose; fore wing vein SR1 complete (Fig. 2F); carapace broadly truncate and ventral opening slightly longer than half length of carapace, opening surrounded by a lamelliform carina (Figs 2E, 3D, 4D).</p><p>Biology. Parasitoids of Pyralidae and Gelechiidae (Yu et al., 2016) .</p><p>Distribution. Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Yu et al., 2016; Ranjith &amp; Priyadarsanan, 2023).</p><p>Key to species of subgenus Carinichelonus Tobias, 2000</p><p>1. Antenna of female not widened after middle; 3 rd antennomere short, its length 2.5 × its width; pterostigma 1.2–1.3 × longer than vein 1-R1 of fore wing; hind tibia without yellow patch; metasoma of male entirely black................................................................................................ C. (C.) tabonus Sonan, 1932</p><p>- Antennae of female clearly widened after middle; 3 rd antennomere long, its length more than 4 × its width; pterostigma equal or subequal to vein 1-R1 of fore wing; hind tibia with yellow patch; metasoma of male black with yellow spots.. 2</p><p>2. Mesoscutum with a smooth patch in the middle; mesopleuron sparsely setose; metasoma of male with pair of small yellowish latero-basal spots and with pair of brownish yellow circular spot above apex of ventral opening; 3 rd antennomere 4.3 × long of its width..................................... C. (C.) siangensis Ranjith &amp; Priyadarsanan, 2023</p><p>- Mesoscutum rugose without any smooth patch in the middle; mesopleuron densely setose; metasoma of male black with two large yellow patches dorsally connected by a narrow black line, no yellow circular spot above apex of ventral opening; 3 rd antennomere 4.7 × long of its width............................. C. (C.) mahadeb Ghosh &amp; Sengupta sp. nov.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1E4287ED33012C72A1C5FCBCFA24F92A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ghosh, Arghya;Ranjith, A. P.;Sengupta, Jayita	Ghosh, Arghya, Ranjith, A. P., Sengupta, Jayita (2026): A review of the rare subgenus Carinichelonus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India with description of one new species. Zootaxa 5768 (3): 392-400, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5768.3.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5768.3.5
1E4287ED33012C76A1C5F89BFEA4F894.text	1E4287ED33012C76A1C5F89BFEA4F894.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chelonus (Carinichelonus) mahadeb Ghosh & Sengupta 2026	<div><p>Chelonus (Carinichelonus) mahadeb Ghosh &amp; Sengupta sp. nov.</p><p>Material examined. Holotype, female, INDIA: Assam, Nahortoli Tea Estate, 27˚81'15"N, 95˚05'05"E, 16.xi.2024, coll. Sheela, S. &amp; Party, Reg. No. 35423/H3 (NZC-ZSI). Paratypes, 5 males, INDIA: Assam, Hathikuli Tea Estate, 26˚35'09"N, 93˚21'53"E, 19.xi.2024, coll. Sheela, S. &amp; Party, Reg. No. 35424/H3 – 35428/H3 (NZC-ZSI).</p><p>Description. Holotype, female, length of body 4.6 mm, fore wing 3.2 mm.</p><p>Head. Antenna with 16 antennomeres (Fig. 1A), scape swollen in the middle (Fig. 1B), subapical antennomeres broadened, shorter than basal antennomeres, apical antennomeres narrow (Fig. 1A); third antennomere 1.3 × longer than fourth; third, fourth and terminal antennomeres 4.7 ×, 4.0 × and 2.0 × longer than wide, respectively; head transverse (Fig. 1B), in dorsal view roundly constricted behind eyes (Fig. 1D); OOL: OD: POL= 4.8: 1.0: 3.0; longitudinal diameter of eye 1.6 × height of temples; vertex coarsely longitudinally striate; frons distinctly concave, longitudinally striate, polished posteriorly with midlongitudinal carinae (Figs 1C–D); occiput longitudinally striate (Fig. 1D); temple longitudinally striate (Fig. 1E); face coarsely rugose with almost complete midlongitudinal carina (Fig. 1B); clypeus flat and densely punctate, polished and shiny (Fig. 1B); mandible with two prominent teeth, densely setose (Fig. 1B); length of malar space 2.2 × basal width of mandible.</p><p>Mesosoma. Mesosoma 1.4 × long of its height; pronotum rugose-reticulate laterally (Figs 1E–F); mesoscutum areolate-rugose (Fig. 2A); middle lobe of mesoscutum punctate, rugose and shiny (Fig. 2A); notauli impressed as large pits (Fig. 2A); lateral lobes of mesoscutum rugose posteriorly (Fig. 2A); transverse suture distinct, deep (Fig. 2A); scutellar sulcus divided by four carinae (Fig. 2A); scutellum irregularly punctate, sparsely setose, with crenulate groove laterally (Fig. 2A); mesopleuron evenly convex, reticulate-rugose and densely setose especially on ventral side (Fig. 1F); propodeum coarsely reticulate-rugose, areolate medially, setose laterally; transverse carina on propodeum distinct and complete (Fig. 2B).</p><p>Wings. Fore wing infuscate in apical half; length of fore wing 3.6 × its width; length of marginal cell 1.1 × pterostigma; vein 2-R1 present, short; vein r shorter than vein 3-SR; ratio of length of veins r: 3-SR: SRl = 1.0: 1.5: 5.5; vein SR1 almost straight; parastigma distinctly swollen; ratio of length of veins 1-CU1: 2-CU1= 1.0: 7.7; vein CUlb present (Fig. 2F).</p><p>Legs. Hind coxa rugose laterally, densely punctate, setose (Figs 1A); hind femur robust, setose and shiny; length of hind femur, tibia and basitarsus 3.2 ×, 4.1 × and 4.3 × their maximum width, respectively; mid and hind tibia with numerous short, pointed spines in apical half, a small yellow patch on inner side of hind tibia.</p><p>Metasoma. Metasomal carapace elongate-oval in dorsal view, coarsely reticulate-rugose, longitudinally striate antero-medially with a pair of parallel sided midlongitudinal carinae basally (Fig. 2C); length of carapace 2.1 × its maximum width in dorsal view; carapace without undulating lamella laterally (Figs 2D, E); ventral cavity closed apically, bordered with crenulate lamellae (Fig. 2E); ovipositor long, slender and the ovipositor sheath 0.1 × as long as fore wing, 0.4 × as long as hind tibia (Fig. 2E).</p><p>Colour. Head black, antenna dark brown at the base and light brown at apex, eyes and ocelli golden yellow, maxillary and labial palps brown at base and golden-yellow at apex, mandible brown; mesosoma black, except in wings and legs; fore wing veins, tegula and pterostigma dark brown, parastigma light brown; legs black except trochanter and tibial spurs; metasoma black with yellow patches separated by a narrow black line dorsally at the basal third, ventral lamella yellow.</p><p>Male (Fig. 3A–D). Similar to female except the size, body length varies from 4.4–5.0 mm; number of antennomeres 25; presence of prominent and exposed inverted bell shaped aedeagus.</p><p>Biology. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution. India (Assam) (Fig. 5).</p><p>Etymology. The species is named after Lord Mahadeb, the Hindu deity for creation and destruction as this is the first new species described by the first author.</p><p>Comparative diagnosis. The new species comes closer to C. (C.) siangensis, however it can be differentiated prominently from the latter in having 4 scutellar lunules (3 in C. (C.) siangensis), face with almost complete medio-longitudinal carina (medio posterior groove on face in C. (C.) siangensis), mesopleuron densely setose (sparsely setose in C. (C.) siangensis) and pterostigma 1.1 × longer than vein 1-R1 of fore wing (1.0 × in C. (C.) siangensis).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1E4287ED33012C76A1C5F89BFEA4F894	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ghosh, Arghya;Ranjith, A. P.;Sengupta, Jayita	Ghosh, Arghya, Ranjith, A. P., Sengupta, Jayita (2026): A review of the rare subgenus Carinichelonus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India with description of one new species. Zootaxa 5768 (3): 392-400, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5768.3.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5768.3.5
1E4287ED33062C75A1C5FB30FD92F98D.text	1E4287ED33062C75A1C5FB30FD92F98D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Chelonus (Carinichelonus) siangensis Ranjith & Priyadarsanan 2023	<div><p>Chelonus (Carinichelonus) siangensis Ranjith &amp; Priyadarsanan, 2023 (Fig 4A–D)</p><p>Material examined. 2 females, INDIA: Assam, Chubwa Tea Estate, 27˚28'19"N, 95˚10'19"E, 21.xi.2024, coll. Sheela, S. &amp; Party, Reg. No. 35419/H3–35420/H3 (NZC-ZSI) .</p><p>Biology. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution. India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam) (Fig. 5).</p><p>Note: All morphological characters similar with the type description. The species earlier reported only from its type locality, Arunachal Pradesh. Here it is reported from Assam, a neighboring state to Arunachal Pradesh (Fig. 5). This discovery not only extends the distribution range for this species, but also solidifies the existence of this species in Eastern Himalaya region .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1E4287ED33062C75A1C5FB30FD92F98D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ghosh, Arghya;Ranjith, A. P.;Sengupta, Jayita	Ghosh, Arghya, Ranjith, A. P., Sengupta, Jayita (2026): A review of the rare subgenus Carinichelonus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India with description of one new species. Zootaxa 5768 (3): 392-400, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5768.3.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5768.3.5
