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Cheloninae

of the Afrotropical Region

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Braconidae)

Classification

 

Adelius

Ascogaster

Chelonus
Odontosphaeropyx
  Paradelius

 

Phanerotoma

Phanerotomella

Biology

Solitary endoparasitoids (koinobiont) of Lepidoptera larvae.

Distribution

Worldwide.

References

Braet, Y., Rousse, P. & Sharkey, M. 2012. New data on African Cheloninae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) show a strong biogeographic signal for taxa with spined propodea. Zootaxa 3385: 1–32.

Braet, Y. 2001. Cladistic revision of the genus Trotricus Brullé, 1846 (Hymenoptera Braconidae) including descriptions of eleven new taxa and new records for other African braconids. Belgian Journal of Entomology 3:143-180.

Brues, C.T. 1924. Some South African parasitic Hymenoptera of the families Evaniidae, Braconidae, Alysiidae, and Plumariidae in the South African Museum with a catalogue of the known species. Annals of the South African Museum. 19:1-150.

Brues, C.T. 1926. Studies on Ethiopian Braconidae with a catalogue of the African species. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 61:206-436.

De Saeger, H. 1948. Cardiochilinae et Sigalphinae (Hymenoptea: Apocrita) Fam. Braconidae. Exploration du Parc National Albert. Mission G.F. de Witte. 53:1-272.

Granger, C. 1949. Braconides de Madagascar. Mémoires de l’Institut scientifique de Madagascar (A), 2, 1–428.

Shenefelt, R.D. 1973. Braconidae 6. Cheloninae. Hymenopterorum Catalogus (nova editio). Pars 10. pp.813-936.

Vance, A.M. 1932. The biology and morphology of the braconid Chelonus annulipes Wesm., a parasite of the European corn borer. Technical Bulletin. United States Department of Agriculture No. 294. 48pp.

Wesmael, C. 1835. Monographie des Braconides de Belgique. Nouveaux Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-lettres Bruxelles 9: 1–252.
Wesmael, C. 1838
. Monographie des Braconides de Belgique. 4. Nouveaux Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-lettres de Bruxelles 11: 1-166.

Zettel, H. 1990. Eine Revision der Gattungen der Cheloninae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) mit Beschreibungen neuer Gattungen und Arten. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 91B:147-196.

Zettel, H. 2002. Pachychelonus maximus sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Cheloninae) aus Kenia. Linzer Biologische Beiträge. 34(1): 195-198.

Credits

Photographs © Nadene Smith (Iziko Museums) or © Yves Braet.

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