Chelonus (Mirachelonus), Zhou & Achterberg & Tang & Chen, 2022

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 : 483

publication ID

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

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1AAFCC5B-14BA-4E13-B25E-5C132CB9085A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7906579

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1641634C-A520-5603-FF3E-73B3FB72D315

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Chelonus (Mirachelonus)
status

 

Subgenus Mirachelonus Zhou & Achterberg & Tang & Chen, 2022

( Figures 16–18 View FIGURE 16 View FIGURE 17 View FIGURE 18 )

Diagnosis. Head transverse ( Figs 16B–C View FIGURE 16 ); antennomeres 16 in female and 25 in male; flagellum gradually shortens from base to apex ( Fig. 18A View FIGURE 18 ); 3 rd –7 th antennomeres comparatively slender, 8 th –11 th antennomeres distinctly widened ( Fig. 18A View FIGURE 18 ); head striate-rugose and shiny ( Figs 16A–D View FIGURE 16 ); mesosoma coarsely reticulate-rugose ( Figs 16A, E–F View FIGURE 16 , 17A View FIGURE 17 ); scutellum distinctly protruding above level of mesoscutum, with same sculpture as mesosoma ( Fig. 17A View FIGURE 17 ); propodeum with a transverse carina and four distinct tooth-like tubercles ( Fig. 17A View FIGURE 17 ); third tergite of metasomal carapace almost straightly narrowed, coarsely longitudinal rugulose, connected by transverse elements, smooth apically ( Fig. 17C View FIGURE 17 ); apex of carapace truncate and narrow in dorsal view ( Fig. 17C View FIGURE 17 ), in lateral view apex of carapace deeply incurved ventrally ( Fig. 17B View FIGURE 17 ); apex of carapace with a rather small round aperture ( Fig. 17D View FIGURE 17 ).

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Oriental region.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Chelonus

GBIF Dataset (for parent article) Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF