Adelius , Haliday 1833
Description
Adelius Haliday, 1833
Adelius, Haliday 1833: 262 (Mason 1985, correct spelling). Type: Adelius subfasciatus Haliday.
Acaelius, Haliday 1834: 231 (Emendation)
Acoelius, Haliday 1835: 539; Marshall 1885: 153 (Emendation)
Pleiomerus, Wesmael 1837: 67.
Anomopterus Rohwer 1914: 80. Type: Anomopterus fasciipennis Rohwer.
Myriola Shestakov 1932: 259. Type: Myriola gussakovskii Shestakov.
Diagnosis. Small size (ranging from 1.0 to 2.4 mm); antenna with 20 segments in all known species; occipital carina present; epicnemial carina absent; labrum concealed by clypeus; vein r absent or present, short; vein r-m absent, second submarginal cell open; vein RS not reaching wing margin; propodeum short and frequently carinate; T1–3 fused and weakly sclerotized, covering most of the length of metasoma, although T4–6 always apparent in dorsal view; metasoma smooth or very weakly sculptured, divisions between T1 and T2, and T2 and T3 absent; spiracles on T6 and T7 absent; ovipositor very short, usually barely exerted.
Distribution. Widely distributed globally in temperate and tropical areas.
Included species. Palearctic: Adelius clandestinus (Förster, 1851), Adelius erythronotus (Förster, 1851), Adelius subfasciatus Haliday, 1833; Western Palearctic (only): Adelius determinatus (Förster, 1851), Adelius dubius (Förster, 1851), Adelius germanus (Haliday, 1834), Adelius hyalinipennis (Förster, 1851), Adelius rudnikovi (Perepechayenko, 1994), Adelius viator (Förster, 1851); Eastern Palearctic (only): Adelius amplus Belokobylskij, 1998, Adelius aridus (Tobias, 1967), Adelius ferulae (Tobias, 1964), Adelius gussakovskii (Shestakov, 1932), Adelius magna (Tobias, 1967); Afrotropical: Adelius cadmium (Papp, 2003), Adelius stenolcos de Saeger 1944; Australasia: Adelius angustus (Papp 1997); Nearctic (Fig. 139): Adelius canadensis Shimbori,& Shaw sp. n., Adelius coloradensis Muesebeck, 1922, Adelius fasciipennis (Rohwer, 1914), Adelius floridiensis Shimbori & Shaw sp. n., Adelius nigripectus Muesebeck, 1922; Neotropical (Fig. 140): Adelius adeleae Shimbori & Shaw sp. n., Adelius bolivariensis Bortoni & Penteado-Dias sp. n., Adelius boliviensis Bortoni & Penteado-Dias sp. n., Adelius caatinga Bortoni, Shimbori & Penteado-Dias sp. n., Adelius excelsus Bortoni & Shimbori sp. n., Adelius ecuadoriensis Bortoni & Penteado-Dias sp. n., Adelius gauldi Shimbori & Shaw sp. n., Adelius janzeni Shimbori & Shaw sp. n., Adelius monteiroi Souza-Gessner, Cerântola & Penteado-Dias sp. n., Adelius morretesiensis Bortoni, Shimbori & Penteado-Dias sp. n., Adelius quiteriae Souza-Gessner, Cerântola & Penteado-Dias sp. n., Adelius sancticaroli Bortoni, Penteado-Dias & Shimbori sp. n., Adelius panamensis Shimbori & Shaw sp. n., Adelius pentagonalis Shimbori & Shaw sp. n.
Comments. Adelius is certainly the most common and diverse genus of Adeliini. The first specimens of Adelius from the Neotropical Region were recorded from Costa Rica, without a further taxonomic treatment (Whitfield 1997), therefore all Neotropical species treated are new to science.
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- , Haliday
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Braconidae
- Genus
- Adelius
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- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Adelius , 1833 sec. Shimbori, Bortoni, Shaw, Souza-Gessner, Cerântola & Penteado-Dias, 2019
References
- Haliday, A. H. (1833) An essay on the classification of the parasitic Hymenoptera of Britain, which corresponds with the Ichneumones minuti of Linnaeus. Entomological Magazine, 1 (iii), 259 - 276 + 333 - 350.
- Mason, W. R. M. (1985) The correct spelling of Adelius Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 87 (4), 896.
- Haliday, A. H. (1834) Essay on parasitic Hymenoptera. Entomological Magazine, 2 (ii), 225 - 259.
- Haliday, A. H. (1835) Essay on parasitic Hymenoptera. Entomological Magazine, 2 (v), 458 - 468 (539).
- Marshall, T. A. (1885) Monograph of British Braconidae. Part I. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 1885, 1 - 280. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1885. tb 00886. x
- Wesmael, C. (1837) Monographie des Braconides de Belgique. Nouveaux Memories de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles, 10, 1 - 68.
- Rohwer, S. A. (1914) Descriptions of two new genera of parasitic Hymenoptera. Psyche, 21, 79 - 81. https: // doi. org / 10.1155 / 1914 / 90567
- Shestakov, A. (1932) Zur kenntnis der asiatschen Braconiden. Zoologische Annalen, 99, 255 - 263.
- Tobias, V. I. (1967) A review of the classification, phylogeny, and evolution of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera). Entomologicheskoye Obozreniye, 46 (3), 645 - 669.
- Muesebeck, C. F. W. (1922) A revision of the North American ichneumon-flies belonging to the subfamilies Neoneurinae and Microgastrinae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 61 (2436), 1 - 76. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.61 - 2436.1
- Whitfield, J. B. (1997) Subfamily Adeliinae. In: Wharton, R. A., Marsh, P. M. & Sharkey, M. J. (Eds.), Manual of the New World genera of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera). Special Publication 1. International Society of Hymenopterists, Washington D. C., pp. 65 - 67.