A Taxonomic Study On Genus Chelonus Panzer, 1806 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Cheloninae) From China

Chelonus Panzer is one of the largest and the most diverse genus of Cheloninae with 864 described species in the world.The species of the genus are endoparasites of many families of Lepidoptera(especially Noctuidae,Tortricidae,Olethreutidae,and Pyralidae).This disseration focusing on taxonomic study are conducted based on more than 2500 specimens from China.The author identified 123 species collected from the different parts of China,of which one subgenus and 64 species are new to science,and 35 species are new to China.All of new species are fully described and illustrated with figures.Hosts,distributions and notes on biology and other aspects of most species are provided in this paper.Types are all deposited in the Parasitic Hymenoptera Collection of Zhejiang University(ZJUH).The new and newly recorded taxa are listed as follows:New subgenus:Miruchelonus subgen,nov.New records of subgenera for China:Areselonus Bract,1999;Arichelonus Viereck.1913; Baculonus Bract& van Achterberg,2001;Megachelonus Baker,1926;Carinachelonus Tobias, 2000;Parachelonus Tobias,1995;Stylochelonus Hellén,1958.New records of species for China:Chelonus(Areselonus)chailini Walker et Huddleston,1987; Chelonus(Chelonus)annularius Tobias,2000;Chelonus(Chelonus)asiaticus Telenga.1941; Chelonus(Chelonus)carbonator Marshall,1885;Chelonus(Chelonus)capsa Tobias.1972; Chelonus(Chelonus)dauricus Telenga,1941;Chelonus(Chelonus)devius Tobias,1964;Chelonus (Chelonus)elongatus Szépligeti,1898;Chelonus Chelonus(Chelonus)fumarius Tobias,2000; (Chelonus)inanitus Linnaeus,1767;Chelonus(Chelonus)kaszabi Papp,1992;Chelonus(Chelonus kryzhanovskii Tobias,1966;Chelonus(Chelonus)lissogaster Tobias,1972;Chelonus(Chelonus pannonicus Szépligeti,1896;Chelonus(Chelonus)praepusillus Tobias,2000;Chelonus(Chelonus) subsecticornis Tobias,1971;Chelonus(Microchelonus)acutulus Tobias,1997;Chelonus (Microchelonus)akmolensis Tobias,1964;Chelonus(Microchelonus)alticinctus Tobias,1989. Chelonus(Microchelonus)alveatus Tobias,1989;Chelonus(Microchelonus)calcaratus Tobias. 1989;Chelonus(Microchelonus)flagellaris Tobias,1989;Chelonus(Microchelonus)insidiatrix Tobias,1989;Chelonus(Microchelonus)milkoi Tobias,2003;Chelonus(Microchelonus) moskovitus Tobias,1997;Chelonus(Microchelonus)mucronatus Thomson,1874;Chelonus (Microchelonus)semillnaris Tobias,2000;Chelonus(Microchelonus)subtilistriatus Papp,1971; Chelonus(Microchelonus)sulcatus Jurine,1807;Chelonus(Microchelonus)tarbagaticus Tobias. 1997;Chelonus(Microchelonus)temporalis Tobias,1994;Chelonus(Microcelonus)varus Tobias, 2000;Chelonus(Microchelonus)volgensis Tobias,1986;Chelonus(Microchelonus)zaitzevi Tobias. 1972.New species(including those published by the author):Chelonus(Arichelonus)aethesis sp. nov.;Chelonus(Arichelonus)allokotosus sp.nov.;Chelonus(Baculonus)icteribasis Zhang,Chen et He;Chelonus(Carinachelonus)arpedius sp.nov.;Chelonus(Megachelonus)macros Zhang, Chen et He,2006;Chelonus(Megachelonus)longqiensis Zhang,Chen et He,2006;Chelonus (Megachelonus)macracan sp.nov.;Chelonus(Miruchelonus)yingjiangensis sp.nov.;Chelonus (Parachelonus)athousis sp.nov.;Chelonus(Parachelonus)kaiyuanesis sp.nov.;Chelonus (Stylochelonus)dolichos sp.nov.;Chelonus(Stylochelonus)epicharis sp.nov.;Chelonus(Chelonus) ascosis sp.nov.;Chelonus(Chelonus)bacchiopsis sp.nov;Chelonus(Chelonus)beltistosus sp.nov; Chelonus(Chelonus)noteosus sp.nov;Chelonus(Chelonus)tianmuensis sp.nov;Chelonus (Chelonus)wuyiensis sp.nov;Chelonus(Chelonus)kaihuaensis sp.nov;Chelonus(Chelonus) phaleria sp.nov.;Chelonus(Chelonus)shimensis sp.nov.;Chelonus(Chelonus)taishunensis sp. nov.;Chelonus(Chelonus)arpeies sp.nov;Chelonus(Chelonus)kometesus sp.nov.;Chelonus (Chelonus)akidotos sp.nov.;Chelonus(Chelonus)bradinos sp.nov.;Chelonus(Chelonus) cerchnotus sp.nov.;Chelonus(Chelonus)stylostethus sp.nov.;Chelonus(Chelonus)anticnecosous sp.nov.;Chelonus(Chelonus)baishanzuensis sp.nov.;Chelonus(Chelonus)charisis sp.nov.; Chelonus(Chelonus)hadrosus sp.nov.;Chelonus(Chelonus)liuyangensis sp.nov.;Chelonus (Chelonus)celaenomys sp.nov.;Chelonus(Chelonus)monachosus sp.nov;Chelonus(Chelonus) hylecoetus sp.nov.;Chelonus(Chelonus)alphus sp.nov.;Chelonus(Chelonus)obeliskos sp.nov.; Chelonus(Chelonus)sphaerourae sp.nov.;Chelonus(Chelonus)subannularius sp.nov.;Chelonus (Microchelonus)anacolops sp.nov.;Chelonus(Microchelonus)brachinus sp.nov.;Chelonus (Microchelonus)briareus sp.nov.;Chelonus(Microchelonus)chalazaius sp.nov.;Chelonus (Microchelonus)gaurosus sp.nov.;Chelonus(Microchelonus)fengkaiensis sp.nov.;Chelonus (Microchelonus)glaphyria sp.nov.;Chelonus(Microchelonus)cystis sp.nov.;Chelonus (Microchelonus)holkos sp.nov.;Chelonus(Microchelonus)inicerchnus sp.nov.;Chelonus (Microchelonus)laoshanensis sp.nov.;Chelonus(Microchelonus)leptomys sp.nov.;Chelonus (Microchelonus)zhangi sp.nov.;Chelonus(Microchelonus)orphnosoma sp.nov.; Chelonus(Microchelonus)polyokelisus sp.nov.;Chelonus(Microchelonus)fryporyzae sp.nov.; Chelonus(Microchelonus)rhagius Zhang,Shi,He et Chen,2008;Chelonus(Microchelonus) rhodosoma sp.nov.;Chelonus(Microchelonus)subrufipedator sp.nov.;Chelonus(Microchelonus) submicrophthalmus sp.nov.;Chelonus(Microchelonus)subbifurcatus sp.nov.;Chelonus (Microchelonus)tobiasi Zhang,Shi,He et Chen,2008;Chelonus(Microchelonus)tibetensis sp. nov.;Chelonus(Microchelonus)trypherus sp.nov.