Cheloninae
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 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. Genera Genera placed in Cheloninae include: * '' Ascogaster'' Wesmael, 1835 (paraphyletic?) * '' Austroascogaster'' Kittel and Austin, 2014 * ''Chelonus ''Chelonus'' is a wasp genus in the subfamily Cheloninae. Their larvae feed chiefly on larvae of moths in superfamilies Tortricoidea and Pyraloidea.Shaw, S.R. 1997 ...
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Chelonus Sp (16737089439)
''Chelonus'' is a wasp genus in the subfamily Cheloninae. Their larvae feed chiefly on larvae of moths in superfamilies Tortricoidea and Pyraloidea.Shaw, S.R. 1997. Subfamily Cheloninae. Species * ''Chelonus abditus'' * ''Chelonus abductor'' * '' Chelonus aberrans'' * '' Chelonus abnormalis'' * ''Chelonus absonus'' * '' Chelonus abstrusus'' * '' Chelonus aciculatus'' * '' Chelonus aculeatus'' * '' Chelonus acuminatus'' * ''Chelonus acutigaster'' * '' Chelonus acutiusculus'' * ''Chelonus acutulus'' * ''Chelonus adjunctus'' * ''Chelonus aelleniae'' * ''Chelonus agathis'' * ''Chelonus agilis'' * ''Chelonus ahngeri'' * ''Chelonus akmolensis'' * ''Chelonus alaicus'' * ''Chelonus albicinctus'' * ''Chelonus albofasciatus'' * ''Chelonus albomacula'' * ''Chelonus albor'' * ''Chelonus alexeevi'' * ''Chelonus algiricus'' * ''Chelonus aligarhensis'' * ''Chelonus alius'' * ''Chelonus alpinus'' * ''Chelonus alter'' * ''Chelonus alternator'' * '' Chelonus alticinctus'' * ''Chelonus altilis ...
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