A new subgenus of Chelonus Panzer, 1806 (Braconidae: Cheloninae) from China

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

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5115.2.8

A new subgenus of Chelonus Panzer, 1806 (Braconidae: Cheloninae) from China

Zootaxa. 2022 Mar 14;5115(2):288-294. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5115.2.8.

Authors

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

Affiliations

¹ State Key Lab of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. Institute of Insect Sciences, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. 5Hainan Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya, 572000, China.. zhoujinjin5@163.com.
² State Key Lab of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. 4Institute 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. 2Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. 3Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.. ptang@zju.edu.cn.
⁴ State Key Lab of Rice Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.. xxchen@zju.edu.cn.

PMID: 35391366
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5115.2.8

Abstract

A new subgenus of the genus Chelonus Panzer, 1806 (Braconidae: Cheloninae), Mirachelonus subgen. nov. (type species: Chelonus (Mirachelonus) miraventris sp. nov.) with deeply incurved apex of carapace, is described and illustrated from southwest China. A key to the subgenera currently recognized in Chelonus is included to facilitate future identifications.

MeSH terms

Animals
China
Hymenoptera*