- Source: Cheloninae
The Cheloninae are a cosmopolitan subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps.
Description
Most Cheloninae are small and uniformly colored. They have a characteristic metasomal carapace formed from the fusion of the first three tergites.
Biology
They are solitary koinobionts which parasitize Lepidoptera, especially Pyraloidea and Tortricoidea, but also other taxa whose larvae bore in stems, buds or fruits. Chelonines are egg-larval parasitoids, meaning they oviposit into a host egg, but the wasp larvae do not complete development until the caterpillar has hatched and matured. Chelonines carry polydnaviruses which aid in overcoming their hosts' immune system.
Genera
Genera placed in Cheloninae include:
Ascogaster Wesmael, 1835 (paraphyletic?)
Austroascogaster Kittel and Austin, 2014
Chelonus Panzer, 1806
Dentigaster Zettel, 1990
†Diodontogaster Brues, 1933
†Eobracon Cockerell, 1920
Huseyinia Koçak and Kemal, 2008
Leptochelonus Zettel, 1990
Leptodrepana Shaw, 1990
Megascogaster Baker, 1926
Odontosphaeropyx Cameron, 1910
Phanaustrotoma Kittel and Austin, 2014
Phanerotoma Wesmael, 1838
Phanerotomella Szépligeti, 1900
Phanerotomoides Zettel, 1990
Pseudophanerotoma Zettel, 1990
Siniphanerotomella He et al., 1994
Wushenia Zettel, 1990
Previously belonging to the Adeliinae, but now confirmed to be nested within Cheloninae in the tribe Adeliini are:
Adelius Haliday, 1834
Paradelius de Saeger, 1942
Sinadelius He and Chen, 2000
Sculptomyriola Belokobylskij, 1988
References
External links
photos on BugGuide.net
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Cheloninae
- Chelonus
- Braconidae
- Chelonus elegans
- Polydnaviriformidae
- List of organisms named after famous people (born 1950–present)
- Adeliini (wasp)
- Phanerotoma
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