Identification Keys |
Chalcedectus Walker
(Life:
Kingdom: Metazoa (animals);
Phylum: Arthropoda;
Class: Hexapoda;
Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Chalcedectidae)
Chalcedectus Walker, 1852.
Type species:
Chalcedectus maculicornis Walker, 1852.
Polychroma Westwood, 1874: 140. Type species: Polychroma histrionica Westwood; subsequent designation by Gahan and Fagan (1923: 117); preoccupied by Polychroma Dejean (1833), discovered by Dalla Torre (1897: 88). Synonymy with Chalcedectus by Ashmead (1899: 201); synonymy with Amotura by Bouček (1988: 265). Synonymy re-established by Gibson (2003: 71).
Amotura Cameron, 1884. Type species: Amotura annulicornis Cameron, 1884.
Polychromatium Dalla Torre, 1897: 88. Replacement name for Polychroma Westwood. Synonymy with Chalcedectus by
Ashmead (1899: 201); synonymy with Amotura by Bouček (1988: 265). Synonymy re-established by Gibson (2003: 71).
Chalcodectus Dalla Torre, 1898: 186. Unjustified emendation.
Chalcodectes Ashmead, 1899: 201. Unjustified emendation.
Episystole Girault, 1927: 317. Type species: Episystole poeta Girault; by original designation. Synonymy with Chalcedectus by
Bouček (1959: 485); synonymy with Amotura by Bouček (1988: 265). Synonymy re-established by Gibson (2003: 71).
Neochalcodectus Masi, 1936: 68. Type species: Neochalcodectus sinaiticus Masi; by monotypy. Synonymy with Chalcedectus
by Bouček (1959: 485); synonymy with Amotura by Bouček (1988: 265). Synonymy re-established by Gibson (2003: 71).
Dryadochalcis De Santis, 1970: 25. Type species: Chalcedectes (!) texanus Brues; by original designation. Synonymy by Gibson
(2003: 71).
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Chalcedectus annulicornis (Cameron, 1884) (Nicaragua) |
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Chalcedectus annulipes Ashmead, 1904 (Argentina, Brazil) |
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Chalcedectus atratus Gibson, 2026 (Philippines, Thailand) |
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Chalcedectus balachowskyi Steffan, 1968 (Iran) |
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Chalcedectus bisculpturatus Gibson, 2026 (South Africa) |
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Chalcedectus busckii (Ashmead, 1900) (Puerto Rico) |
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Chalcedectus caelatus (Grissell, 1991) (Mexico, USA) |
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Chalcedectus copelandi Gibson & van Noort, 2026 (Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Madagascar, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, ?Yemen, ?United Arab Emirates) |
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Chalcedectus cuprescens (Westwood, 1874) (Australia) |
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Chalcedectus guaraniticus (Strand, 1911) (Paraguay) |
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Chalcedectus histrionicus (Westwood, 1874) (Brazil) |
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Chalcedectus hyalinipennis (Ashmead, 1896) (USA) |
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Chalcedectus indraneela Ranjith, 2026 (India) |
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Chalcedectus lanei De Santis, 1970 (Brazil) |
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Chalcedectus mabeabai van Noort, 2026 (Central African Republic) |
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Chalcedectus maculicornis Walker, 1852 (Brazil, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela) |
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Chalcedectus maculipennis (Ashmead, 1896) (USA) |
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Chalcedectus madagascarensis Gibson, 2026 (Madagascar) |
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Chalcedectus meteorus (Girault, 1927) (Australia) |
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Chalcedectus peculiatergalis Ranjith & Gibson, 2026 (Thailand) |
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Chalcedectus poeta (Girault, 1927) (Australia) |
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Chalcedectus prolixus Gibson, 2026 (Laos, Thailand) |
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Chalcedectus regalis (Westwood, 1874) (Colombia) |
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Chalcedectus schroderae van Noort, 2026 (Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Somalia, South Africa, Zambia) |
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Chalcedectus sedecimdentatus (Westwood, 1874) (Brazil) |
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Chalcedectus septemdentatus (Westwood, 1874) (Brazil)
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Chalcedectus sinaiticus (Masi, 1936) (Algeria, Egypt (Sinai Peninsula), Iran, Israel) |
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Chalcedectus striolatus Gibson, 2026 (Thailand, Vietnam) |
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Chalcedectus superbus (De Santis, 1977) (Argentina, Brazil, USA) |
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Chalcedectus tankwa van Noort & Mitroiu, 2026 (Botswana, Kenya, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, Yemen) |
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Chalcedectus texanus Brues, 1907 (Argentina, Nicaragua, Paraguay, USA) |
Distribution
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Afrotropical, Australasian, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental and Palearctic regions. |
Biology
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Parasitoids of
wood-boring beetle larvae (Bostrichidae, Buprestidae and Cerambycidae).
Parasitoid of
Cerambycidae larva boring in Rosaceae (Sharifi & Javadi, 1971). |
References
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Ashmead, W.H. 1904.
Classification of the chalcid flies of the Superfamily: Chalcidoidea, with
descriptions of new species in the Carnegie Museum, collected in South America
by Herbert H. Smith. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum. 1(4):i-xi,225-551,39pls.
Bouček, Z. 1958. On Chalcedectus sinaiticus (Masi) from the Near East, and Ch.
guaraniticus (Strand), from Paraguay and new synonymy (Hym. Chalcidoidea).
Sborník Entomologického Oddeleni Národního Musea v Praze. 33:483-486.
Bouček, Z. 1958. Trichomalus lonchaeae, n.sp. (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae), a
parasite of Lonchaeidae (Diptera) in Germany. Sborník Entomologického Oddeleni
Národního Musea v Praze. 33:37-40, 1 fig.
Burks, B.D. 1958. Superfamily: Chalcidoidea. (In: Krombein, K.V. (Editor).
Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic Catalogue. 1st supplement.)
Agriculture Monographs. U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2(first
supplement):62-84.
Dalla Torre, K.W. von. 1898. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum
systematicus et synonymicus. V. Chalcididae et. Proctotrupidae. 598pp. Lepzig
De Santis, L. 1980. Catalogo de los Himenopteros Brasilenos de la serie
Parasitica incluyendo Bethyloidea. Editora da Universidade Federal do Parana,
Curitiba. 395pp.
Gibson, G.A.P. 2003,
Phylogenetics and classification of Cleonyminae (Hymenoptera:
Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae). Memoirs on Entomology, International
16: 1-339.
Schmiedeknecht, O. 1909. Hymenoptera fam. Chalcididae. Genera Insectorum.
97:1-550. Brussels Ed: Wytsman, P.
Sharifi, S. and Javadi, I.. 1971. Control of Rosaceae branch borer in Iran.
Journal of Economic Entomology. 64(2):484-486.
Steffan, J.R. 1968. Observations sur Chalcedectus sinaiticus (Ms.) et
descriptions de C. balachowskyi sp.n. (Hym. Chalcedectidae) et d'Oopristus
safavii gen.n., sp.n. (Hym. Torymidae), deux parasites d'importance économique
en Iran. Entomophaga. 13(3):209-216.
van Noort S, Gibson GAP, Ranjith AP, Mitroiu M-D. 2026. Revision of Chalcedectidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from the Afrotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions with description of eleven new species. Zootaxa 5781: 1-106. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5781.1.1
Walker, F. 1852. Notes on Chalcidites, and descriptions of various new species.
Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2). 10:45-48. |
Credits
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Photographs
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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