Chelonus Panzer

Chelonus audeoudiae Muesebeck,1933 (Namibia, Tanzania)

Chelonus bedfordi (Wilkinson,1932) (Sudan)

Chelonus bifoveolatus Szépligeti,1914 (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania)

Chelonus capensis Cameron,1910 (South Africa)

Chelonus cavipodex de Saeger,1948 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Chelonus cereris (Wilkinson,1932) (Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa)

Chelonus cornutus Granger,1949 (Madagascar)

Chelonus curvimaculatus Cameron,1906 (Afrotropical: Botswana, Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe; also in Australasian and Oriental regions)

Chelonus decaryi Granger,1949 (Madagascar)

Chelonus delphinensis Granger,1949 (Madagascar)

Chelonus ensifer Granger,1949 (Madagascar)

Chelonus erythropus Cameron,1906 (South Africa, Uganda)

Chelonus fistulatus de Saeger,1948 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Chelonus lunulatus Fahringer,1934 (Sudan)

Chelonus madagasakarensis Braet & Rousse, 2012 (Madagascar)

Chelonus matilei Braet & Rousse, 2012 (Mauritius)

Chelonus maudae Huddleston,1994 (Senegal)

Chelonus mayi Braet & Rousse, 2012 (Reunion)

Chelonus merdicus Rousse & Braet, 2012 (Reunion)

Chelonus nigricornis (Szépligeti,1914) (Tanzania)

Chelonus orchis de Saeger,1948 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Chelonus pertusus de Saeger,1948 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Chelonus phthorimaeae Gahan,1917 (Bermuda, Mexico, U.S.A., Yemen)

Chelonus pilosulus Szépligeti,1911 (Malawi, Tanzania)

Chelonus ritchiei (Wilkinson,1927) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Uganda)

Chelonus rogezensis Granger,1949 (Madagascar)

Chelonus ruficornis (Szépligeti,1913) (Mozambique)

Chelonus rufoscapus Cameron,1911 (South Africa)

Chelonus rutshuricus de Saeger,1948 (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Chelonus schizogaster Granger,1949 (Madagascar)

Chelonus seyrigi Granger,1949 (Madagascar)

Chelonus silvestrii (Papp,1999) (Israel, Italy, Spain, Yemen)

Chelonus socors (Wilkinson,1932) (South Africa)

Chelonus tettensis Gerstaecker,1858 (Ethiopia, Mozambique)

Chelonus vaalensis Cameron,1906 (South Africa)

Chelonus versatilis (Wilkinson,1932) (Somalia, Sudan)

Biology

Distribution

Worldwide. Afrotropical region: Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Rwanda, Uganda.

References

Braet, Y., Rousse, P. & Sharkey, M. 2012. New data on African Cheloninae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) show a strong biogeographic signal for taxa with spined propodea. Zootaxa 3385: 1–32.

Brues, C.T. 1924. Some South African parasitic Hymenoptera of the families Evaniidae, Braconidae, Alysiidae, and Plumariidae in the South African Museum with a catalogue of the known species. Annals of the South African Museum. 19:1-150.

De Saeger, H. 1948. Cardiochilinae et Sigalphinae (Hymenoptea: Apocrita) Fam. Braconidae. Exploration du Parc National Albert. Mission G.F. de Witte. 53:1-272.

Granger, C. 1949. Braconides de Madagascar. Mémoires de l’Institut scientifique de Madagascar (A), 2, 1–428.

Shenefelt, R.D. 1973. Braconidae 6. Cheloninae. Hymenopterorum Catalogus (nova editio). Pars 10. pp.813-936.

Wesmael, C. 1835. Monographie des Braconides de Belgique. Nouveaux Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-lettres Bruxelles 9: 1–252.
Zettel, H. 1990. Eine Revision der Gattungen der Cheloninae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) mit Beschreibungen neuer Gattungen und Arten. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 91B:147-196.

Credits

Photographs © Yves Braet.