Chorebus Haliday, 1833

Godfray, Charles J. & Achterberg, Cornelis Van, 2024, Annotated Checklist of the European Dacnusini and the Dapsilarthra genus group of the Alysiini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Alysiinae), Zootaxa 5513 (1), pp. 1-73 : 10-11

Chorebus Haliday, 1833

Type species: affinis Nees ( = longicornis Nees )

AMETRIA Förster, 1863 (type species: uliginosa Haliday )

GYROCAMPA Förster, 1863 (type species: affinis Nees ( = longicornis Nees ))

PHAENOLEXIS Förster, 1863 (type species petiolatus Nees )

STIPHROCERA Förster, 1863 (type species: nigricornis Förster ( = ampliator Nees )).

DIPLUSIA Ruthe, 1882 (type species: diremtus Nees )

ETRIPTES Nixon, 1943 (type species: talaris Haliday )

PARAGYROCAMPA Tobias, 1962 (type species: ophthalmicus Tobias )

TRICOCHOREBUS Tobias 1971 (type species: piliventris Tobias )

Literature: Griffiths I-859.

Hosts: Hypothesis— The majority of species attack Agromyzidae including leaf miners, stem miners and stem borers. A few species attack Hydrellia ( Ephydridae ) and Chamaepsila (= Psila ) ( Psilidae ) and the hosts of some species groups are unknown but unlikely to be Agromyzidae . Evidence —Summary of species hypotheses below.

Notes: c.450 described species from throughout the world (Taxapad), 253 in Europe.

Groupings within Chorebus (after Griffiths except where stated).

1. Chorebus senilis group sensu lato (subgenus Phaenolexis sensu Tobias etc.)

a. senilis species group sensu stricto

b. bathyzonus species group

c. petiolatus species group

d. posticus species group e. unassigned species

2. Griffiths’ “plesiomorph species related to the affinis and senilis groups (part of subgenus Stiphrocera sensu Tobias etc.)

3. Chorebus affinis group sensu Griffiths (part of subgenus Chorebus sensu Tobias etc.)

a. longicornis ( = affinis ) species group (= Gyrocampa sensu Nixon )

b. uliginosus species group sensu Griffiths (VI-98)

c. unassigned species

d. ophthalmicus species group (= Paragyrocampa sensu Tobias & Papp )

4. Griffiths’ “Various plesiomorph species of Chorebus ” (except 4b, part of subgenus Stiphrocera sensu Tobias etc.)

a. nydia species group

b. talaris species group ( Etriptes Nixon, 1943 ; subgenus Etriptes sensu Tobias etc.)

c. cylindricus ( = cybele ) species group

d. unassigned species

5. Chorebus ovalis-lateralis complex (part of subgenus Stiphrocera sensu Tobias etc.)

a. unassigned species

b. lateralis species group

c. diremtus species group ( sensu Nixon 1946 -279)

d. atis species group.

e. thecla species group

f. alecto species group i. daimenes species subgroup

6. Chorebus rousseaui group sensu Griffiths (VI-98) (part of subgenus Chorebus sensu Tobias etc.)

7. Chorebus piliventris group (subgenus Trichochorebus sensu Tobias )

8. [ Chorebus subgenus Pentalexis from central Asia is characterised by 5-toothed mandibles and may be found in East Europe ( Perepechayenko 2000b)].