Chelonus (Mirachelonus) miraventris Zhou & Achterberg & Tang & Chen, 2022

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 : 486

Chelonus (Mirachelonus) miraventris Zhou & Achterberg & Tang & Chen, 2022

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Material examined. 1 female, “ INDIA: Kerala, Kozhikode, Kozhippara , 11°33’62 N, 76°11’02 E, 766 m.a.s.l., 27.i.2018, coll. A.P. Ranjith ( AIMB) . 2 females INDIA: Kerala, Kozhikode, Ambalappara , 11°32’46 N, 75°55’24 E, 726 m.a.s.l., 30.xii.2015, coll. A.P. Ranjith ( AIMB).

Diagnosis. Antenna with 16 antennomeres ( Fig. 18A ); head transverse; vertex with transverse rugae; temple longitudinally striate-rugose; face striate-rugose, clypeus shiny, finely punctate; mesoscutum reticulate-rugose; scutellum punctate medially, rugose laterally, more or less protruding above level of mesoscutum; scutellar suture comparatively deep and with 4 carinae; mesopleuron coarsely reticulate-rugose ( Fig. 18A ); propodeum coarsely reticulate-rugose with transverse carina and four blunt tubercles; hind coxa with transverse wrinkles ( Fig. 18A ); third tergite of carapace straightly narrowed, densly reticulate-rugose; apex of carapace truncate and narrow in dorsal view, with a wide ventral lamella in lateral view ( Fig. 18A ); apex of carapace deeply incurved ( Fig. 18A ).

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. China, India (present study).

Figures

FIGURE 18. Chelonus (Mirachelonus) miraventris, male A) habitus, lateral view.