The subfamily Cheloninae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from Egypt, with the description of two new species
Author
Edmardash, Yusuf Abd-Elaziz
Author
Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud Saleh
Author
Gadallah, Neveen Samy
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ZooKeys
2011
115
85
102
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.115.1186
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.115.1186
1313-2970-115-85
Chelonus (Microchelonus) blackburni Cameron, 1886
Chelonus carinatus
Cameron 1881
: 599 (not Provancher, 1881).
Chelonus blackburni
Cameron 1886
: 242, replacement name.
Chelonus cameronii
Dalla Torre 1898
: 200, replacement name for carinatus Cameron.>
Material.
2♀♀, Ismailia (
30°24'16.2354"N
;
32°17'38.868"E
), 20.IV.2008 [CUC]; 1♀, El Tal el-kabeir (
30°32'54.168"N
;
31°47'0.2754"E
), 21.IV.2008 [CUC]; 1♀, Ras El-esh (
31°45'15.2"N
;
32°18'30.008"E
), 17.V.2010 [CUC].
Remarks.
The extreme basal part of the carapace has a black bilobed (kidney-shaped) marking, but in some specimens it may be semi-circular; the hind tibia has a whitish median band which in some cases is weakly developed.
Distribution.
Egypt [introduced (
Shenefelt 1973
)], Australia, Fiji [introduced (
Shenefelt 1973
)], Hawaii, Kure Island, Mexico, Puerto Rico [introduced (
Shenefelt 1973
)] and USA [Texas, introduced and not established (
Shenefelt 1973
).