Cheloninae
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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
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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.[1]
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[2] in the tribe Adeliini are:
- Adelius Haliday, 1834
- Paradelius de Saeger, 1942
- Sinadelius He and Chen, 2000
- Sculptomyriola Belokobylskij, 1988
References
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External links
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