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

Subgenus Parachelonus Tobias, 1995

( Figures 19–22 )

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

Biology. Parasitoids of Sesiidae and Tortricidae .

Distribution. Oriental and Palaearctic regions.

Figures

FIGURE 19. Chelonus (Parachelonus) expeditious sp. nov., holotype, female A) habitus, lateral view; B) head, anterior view; C) head, dorsal view; D) head, lateral view; E) mesosoma, lateral view; F) mesosoma, dorsal view.

FIGURE 20. Chelonus (Parachelonus) expeditious sp. nov., holotype, female A) propodeum, dorsal view; B) metasoma, lateral view; C) metasoma, dorsal view; D) apex of metasoma, ventral view; E) fore wing.

FIGURE 21. Chelonus (Parachelonus) komsingensis sp. nov., holotype, femaleA) habitus, lateral view; B) head, anterior view; C) head, dorsal view; D) mesosoma, lateral view; E) mesosoma, dorsal view; F) propodeum, dorsal view.

FIGURE 22. Chelonus (Parachelonus) komsingensis sp. nov., holotype, female A) metasoma, lateral view; B) metasoma, dorsal view; C) metasoma, ventral view; D) fore wing.