A review of the subgenera Carinichelonus, Microchelonus, Parachelonus and Stylochelonus of the genus Chelonus Panzer (Braconidae: Cheloninae) with descriptions of twenty-one new species from China

Jin-Jin Zhou; Cornelis VAN Achterberg; P U Tang; Xue-Xin Chen

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5412.1.1

A review of the subgenera Carinichelonus, Microchelonus, Parachelonus and Stylochelonus of the genus Chelonus Panzer (Braconidae: Cheloninae) with descriptions of twenty-one new species from China

Zootaxa. 2024 Feb 16;5412(1):1-127. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5412.1.1.

Authors

Jin-Jin Zhou¹, Cornelis VAN Achterberg², P U Tang³, Xue-Xin Chen⁴

Affiliations

¹ State Key Lab of Rice Biology; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China.; Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China.; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China.; Institute of Insect Sciences; College of Agriculture and Biotechnology; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China. auzhou@zju.edu.cn.
² Institute of Insect Sciences; College of Agriculture and Biotechnology; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China. kees@vanachterberg.org.
³ State Key Lab of Rice Biology; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China.; Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China.; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China.; Institute of Insect Sciences; College of Agriculture and Biotechnology; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China. ptang@zju.edu.cn.
⁴ State Key Lab of Rice Biology; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China.; Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China.; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China.; Institute of Insect Sciences; College of Agriculture and Biotechnology; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China. xxchen@zju.edu.cn.

PMID: 38480219
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5412.1.1

Abstract

Three subgenera Microchelonus Szpligeti, 1908 s. str., Parachelonus Tobias, 1995 and Stylochelonus Helln, 1958 are newly recorded from China, 21 new species, viz., C. (M.) adiazetos sp. nov., C. (M.) aequus sp. nov., C. (M.) brachykeraiatus sp. nov., C. (M.) bullatus sp. nov., C. (M.) clivus sp. nov., C. (M.) crassitibialis sp. nov., C. (M.) cyclotus sp. nov., C. (M.) erugatus sp. nov., C. (M.) illatus sp. nov., C. (M.) leious sp. nov., C. (M.) linzhiensis sp. nov., C. (M.) maculovittatus sp. nov., C. (M.) melanochromus sp. nov., C. (M.) platyetrus sp. nov., C. (M.) recavus sp. nov., C. (M.) ruficorpus sp. nov., C. (M.) scirpophagae sp. nov., C. (M.) staurorhytis sp. nov., C. (P.) hirsutus sp. nov., C. (S.) acaretrus sp. nov., and C. (S.) punctulosus sp. nov. are described and illustrated. Also, eleven species are reported as new to China: C. (M.) alticinctus (Tobias, 1989), C. (M.) alveatus (Tobias, 1989), C. (M.) calcaratus (Tobias, 1989), C. (M.) flagellaris (Tobias, 1989), C. (M.) insidiatrix (Tobias, 1989), C. (M.) milkoi (Tobias, 2003), C. (M.) moskovitus (Tobias, 1997), C. (M.) semilunaris (Tobias, 2000), C. (M.) temporalis (Tobias, 1986), C. (M.) varus (Tobias, 2000) and C. (M.) zaitzevi (Tobias, 1972). Four new combinations are proposed: C. (P.) compressor (Chen & Ji, 2003) comb. nov., C. (P.) macrocorpus (Ji & Chen, 2003) comb. nov., C. (P.) polycolor (Chen & Ji, 2003) comb. nov. and C. (Baculonus) rubriventris (Tobias, 1988) comb. nov. The following new names are proposed: C. (M.) jiae nom. nov. for C. (M.) bimaculatus (Chen & Ji, 2003) and C. (M.) substernatus nom. nov. for C. (M.) tobiasi (Yuldashev, 2011). Microchelonus (Carinichelonus) cavifrons Tobias, 2000 is synonymized with C. (Ca.) tabonus Sonan, 1932. A key to the Chinese species of the subgenus Microchelonus is provided together with keys to the currently known species of the subgenera Carinichelonus, Stylochelonus and Parachelonus.

MeSH terms

Animals
China
Hymenoptera*