Chelonus (Carinichelonus), Tobias, 2000

Ranjith, A. P. & Priyadarsanan, Dharma Rajan, 2023, New subgeneric reports of the genus Chelonus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India and Sri Lanka with description of nine species, Zootaxa 5278 (3), pp. 461-492 : 466

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5278.3.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7906548
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scientific name	Chelonus (Carinichelonus)
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Subgenus Carinichelonus Tobias, 2000

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Diagnosis. Head transverse ( Figs 3B, D View FIGURE 3 ); Apical antennomeres swollen ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ); face rugose or reticulate-rugose ( Figs 3B View FIGURE 3 , 5C View FIGURE 5 ); clypeus semi elliptical ( Figs 3B View FIGURE 3 , 5C View FIGURE 5 ); frons deeply excavated posteriorly, smooth with mid and lateral longitudinal carina extending to level of lateral ocelli ( Figs 3C–D View FIGURE 3 ); vertex and occiput with longitudinal rugae ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 ); mesoscutum rugose ( Figs 4A View FIGURE 4 , 5B View FIGURE 5 ); notauli impressed ( Figs 4A View FIGURE 4 , 5B View FIGURE 5 ); scutellum coarsely sculptured ( Figs 4A View FIGURE 4 , 5B View FIGURE 5 ); propodeum rugose with medial and lateral tubercles and hexagonal basal area ( Figs 4B View FIGURE 4 , 5B View FIGURE 5 ); fore wing vein SR1 complete ( Fig. 4F View FIGURE 4 ); vein 1-M far away from C+SC+R ( Fig. 4F View FIGURE 4 ); male carapace without apical opening, very broadly truncate apically and ventral opening slightly longer than half length of carapace, opening surrounded by a lamelliform carina ( Figs 4C–E View FIGURE 4 , 5A, D View FIGURE 5 ).