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Issue: Vol. 5278 No. 3: 8 May 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-05-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.3.3
Page range: 461-492
Abstract views: 341
PDF downloaded: 12

New subgeneric reports of the genus Chelonus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India and Sri Lanka with description of nine species

Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE); Royal Enclave; Srirampura; Jakkur Post; Bangalore 560064; India
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE); Royal Enclave; Srirampura; Jakkur Post; Bangalore 560064; India
Hymenoptera Revised diagnosis new species Arunachal Pradesh Nagaland morphological characters apomorphies

Abstract

Subgenera of the braconid genus Chelonus Panzer, Carinichelonus, Megachelonus, Mirachelonus and Parachelonus from India and Areselonus from Sri Lanka are reported for the first time with the description of nine new species. Taxonomic keys for the identification of subgenera reported from India and extant species of Areselonus and Megachelonus are provided. All the subgenera included in the present study are provided with revised diagnoses.

 

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