home species list Chelonus incisus
Chelonus incisus
authorTobias, 1986
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body
shapeBody small, about 3.5 - 4 mm, Body 3 - 3.3 [T4].
colorThe body and legs are mostly black [T14].
head
shapeHead behind genae without angular broadening. Temples as long as eye. Malar space 0.25 times as high as eye. Face almost 2 times as wide as high (2:1.1), noticeably greater than longitudinal diameter of eye (2:1.7) [T4]. The temples are equal in length to the transverse diameter of the eye. The width of the face is twice its height. The longitudinal diameter of the eye is 4 times the height of the malar space, noticeably less than the width of the face [T14].
sculptureHead densely punctate, face with fine, short and transverse, near eyes longer, longitudinal wrinkles. Transverse wrinkles behind ocelli faint [T4].
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antenna
shape ♀
shape ♂Antennae 23 - 24-segmented, distinctly shorter than body, setaceous, scapus 2 times as thick as flagellum, third antennal segment 2.5 times as long as wide, preapical segments slightly longer than wide [T4][T14].
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mesosoma
shapeMesosoma slightly longer than high. Propodeum with weak transverse ridge and four small denticles [T4][T14].
sculptureMesonotum densely punctate, alveolarly rugose before scutellum [T4].
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legs
shapeHind femora 3 times as long as wide [T4].
sculpture
colorHind femora black, hind tibiae yellow in middle [T4]. Hind tibiae with a vague yellowish band [T14].
wings
shape1-R1 as long as pterostigma [T4][T14].
colorWings slightly darkened, without distinct pale transverse strip in middle [T4].
metasoma
shapeMetasoma broadest in apical third (Fig. 1-3) [T4].
sculptureMetasoma with long, wavy, mild longitudinal rugae, reaching up to its apical third [T4].
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♀ ovipositor
♂ apertureLarge aperture in hind part occupying almost whole of its width and almost half of its height (in posterior view), 5 - 6 times wider than its height [T4][T14].
other info
distributionNL [FE]
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