home species list Chelonus caradrinae
Chelonus caradrinae
authorKokujev, 1913
synonyms
body
shape4 mm [K3][Te1]. ♀ 4 - 5.2, ♂ 3.5 - 4.5 mm [P7]. 4.0-5.5. [T13]. 3.5-5.2 mm.[T16]. ♀ 3.5-5.5 [P12].
colorblack, white pubescent, coarsely rugose [K3].
head
shapeCheeks bulging, clypeus sinuated on both sides, the apex protruding [K3]. Temple moderately rounded in dorsal view (Fig. 3) [P7]. The head is roundly narrowed behind the eyes [T13]. Head narrowed behind eyes [Ay1]. Temple in dorsal view receded and 0.6 times as long as eye. head in dorsal view twice as broad as long (Fig. 6) [P12]. The head is transverse, not narrowed posteriorly. Malar space equal to half the longitudinal diameter of the head [Te1].
sculptureClypeus somewhat shiny, finely punctated [K3]. Vertex with rough (about 5) transverse rugae behind ocelli [T13]. Head, except for the clypeus, roughly rugose [Te1]. Temple strongly striate [P7].
colorpalpi black, mandibles red in middle [K3].
antenna
shape ♀Antennae not longer than mesosoma, with 24 segments, in the middle a little flattened, tapering gradually towards the apex [K3]. Antennae 20-22-segmented, thickened in the middle part [T16][T4]. Antennae 20–22 segmented [Ay1]. Antennae filiform, not compressed behind the middle, 24-segmented [Te1].
shape ♂
colorAntennae black [K3][P7].
mesosoma
shapeMesosternum at the fore coxae without a reflexed margin. Propodeum in middle with 3 carinae, on both sides with teeth [K3]. Propodeum with a transverse carina, laterally with blunt teeth [Te1].
sculptureMesonotum strongly punctured. Scutellum strongly punctured, but disc concave and smooth. Propodeum strongly subreticulate-punctate [K3]. Mesosoma roughly rugose, notauli indistinct. The scutellum is smooth in the middle [Te1].
color
legs
shapeHind femur usually 2.9-3.1 times as long as broad (Fig. 5) [P7].
sculpture
colorLegs red, coxae, trochanters, base of femora and tip of hind tibiae black. Spurs pale, tarsi dark with pale base [K3]. Hind femur black [P7]. Hind femora with profuse reddish pattern, but sometimes almost black [T16][T4]. The legs are red; coxae, trochanters, base of femur, apex of hind tibia and tarsi black [Te1].
wings
shapeVein r equal to r-m. SR1 curved, three times longer than 3-SR. 1-CU1 0.3 times 2-Cu1 [Te1].
colorWings whitish transparent, a short dark band below the pterostigma. Pterostigma and tegulae black [K3]. The wings are light; tegulae and pterostigma are black [Te1].
metasoma
shapeMetasoma with 2 basal carinae, apex strongly incurved [K3]. Carapace less curved posteriorly in lateral view, 2.8 times as long as high behind (Fig. 1, see arrows); carapace weakly incised apically (Fig. 2) [P7]. Metasoma at apex rather strongly narrowed from top to bottom. Metasoma at apex ventrally with longitudinal groove [T16]. Metasoma at apex quite distinctly narrowed ventrad [T4][Ay1]. Posterior end of carapace in lateral view declivous (Fig. 7). Apically somewhat less excavated (Fig. 8), carapace in dorsal view posteriorly not pointed (Fig. 9) [P12]. Metasoma ovoid, noticeably narrowed at apex and laterally compressed from top to bottom. The apex on the underside with a notch [Te1].
sculptureMetasoma rugose [K3]. Sculpture carapace rough (Fig. 4) [P7]. Metasoma entirely roughly rugose [Te1].
colorMetasoma with 2 basal maculae [K3]. Metasoma with less developed yellow spots or without them [T16][Ay1][T4]. Metasoma with two small yellow spots at the base [Te1].
♀ ovipositorovipositor straight [K3][Te1].
♂ aperture
other info
distributionFR, NL, PL [FE]
remarks
hostsMythunna separata Wik.. Monima gracilis F., Sarcopolia illoba Butler, Spodoptera exigua Hbn. (Noctuidae). [T13]. Caradrina exigua Hb. [Te1].