parasitic wasp - Chelonus sp. (Braconidae) -

Description:

Cheloninae is a rather large cosmopolitan subfamily of Braconidae. They are solitary egg-larval endoparasitoids of Lepidoptera, ovipositing into the host egg but not killing the host until the end of its larval life (koinobiont), after it has prepared a pupation retreat. Like most egg-larval koinobionts, chelonines mainly exploit host groups that have concealed larvae. Females oviposit inside the host egg and sub-sequently, at the beginning of the third larval instar, theparasitoid leaves it to become a pupa (Gauld & Bolton1996, Garcia-Martn et al. 2005)Possible effects of inter-specific competition on the coexistence of two parasitoid species: Trichogramma brassicae Bezdenko and Chelonus oculator (F.) (Hym.: Trichogrammatidae, Braconidae) (PDF Download Available). Available from: www.researchgate.net/publication/256445832_Possible_effec... [accessed Sep 25, 2017].L: 4.5-8mm host: nocturnal micro-lepidoptera: e.g. Pyralidae (Plodia interpunctella)biotope: hedge rowsPhylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816 (Sechsfer)Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LANG, 1888 (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923 (Neuflgler)Order: Hymenoptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (bees, ants & wasps, Hautflgler)Suborder: ApocritaSuperfamily: Ichneumonoidea VIERECK, 1816Family: Braconidae (braconid wasps, Brackwespen)KEY to subfamilies: repository.naturalis.nl/document/150389Subfamily: CheloninaeGenus: Chelonus JURINE, 1801 [det. "bego vega", 2017, based on photos]some info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheloninaeprobably: Chelonus oculator FABRICIUS, 1775see: www.commanster.eu/commanster/Insects/Bees/SuBees/Chelonus...plant: Anthriscus sylvestris (cow parsley, Wiesen-Kerbel), ApiaceaeCentral-Germany, N-Hesse, Kassel: Oberzwehren (Schliee), 170-180m asl., 04.08.2016IMG_8753