Chelonus (Carinichelonus), Tobias, 2000

Zhou, Jin-Jin, Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Tang, Pu & Chen, Xue-Xin, 2024, A review of the subgenera Carinichelonus, Microchelonus, Parachelonus and Stylochelonus of the genus Chelonus Panzer (Braconidae: Cheloninae) with descriptions of twenty-one new species from China, Zootaxa 5412 (1), pp. 1-127 : 6

Subgenus Carinichelonus Tobias, 2000

Diagnosis. Body medium-sized; head transverse; antennomeres of female 16, antenna filiform or widened; eye densely setose; frons deeply excavated posteriorly and smooth; face flat, reticulate-rugose; clypeus densely punctulate; mesoscutum and scutellum evenly convex, densely punctate to alveolate-rugose; propodeum coarsely rugose; vein 1-SR+M of fore wing absent; hind coxa, femur and apex of tibia robust; carapace very broadly truncate apically and ventral opening slightly longer than half length of carapace, opening surrounded by a lamelliform carina.

Biology. Parasitoids of Pyralidae and Gelechiidae ( Yu et al. 2016) .

Distribution. Eastern Palaearctic, Oriental ( Yu et al. 2016; Ranjith & Priyadarsanan 2023).