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Chelonus (Carinichelonus) siangensis Ranjith & Priyadarsanan 2023
Authors/Creators
- 1. Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India
- 2. Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, 583, Gordon St, Guelph, Ontario N 1 G 2 W 1, Canada & Kālinga Foundation, Agumbe, Shivamogga, 577411, Karnataka, India
Description
Chelonus (Carinichelonus) siangensis Ranjith & Priyadarsanan, 2023 (Fig 4A–D)
Material examined. 2 females, INDIA: Assam, Chubwa Tea Estate, 27˚28'19"N, 95˚10'19"E, 21.xi.2024, coll. Sheela, S. & Party, Reg. No. 35419/H3–35420/H3 (NZC-ZSI).
Biology. Unknown.
Distribution. India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam) (Fig. 5).
Note: All morphological characters similar with the type description. The species earlier reported only from its type locality, Arunachal Pradesh. Here it is reported from Assam, a neighboring state to Arunachal Pradesh (Fig. 5). This discovery not only extends the distribution range for this species, but also solidifies the existence of this species in Eastern Himalaya region.
Notes
Published as part of Ghosh, Arghya, Ranjith, A. P. & Sengupta, Jayita, 2026, A review of the rare subgenus Carinichelonus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India with description of one new species, pp. 392-400 in Zootaxa 5768 (3) on page 398, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5768.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/19178926
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Event date
- 2024-11-21
- Verbatim event date
- 2024-11-21
- Scientific name authorship
- Ranjith & Priyadarsanan
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Braconidae
- Genus
- Chelonus
- Species
- siangensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Chelonus (Carinichelonus) siangensis Ranjith, 2023 sec. Ghosh, Ranjith & Sengupta, 2026
References
- Ranjith, A. P. & Priyadarsanan, D. R. (2023) New subgeneric reports of the genus Chelonus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India and Sri Lanka with description of nine species. Zootaxa, 5278 (3), 461-492. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5278.3.3