Subgenus Parachelonus Tobias, 1995

(Figures 19–22)

Diagnosis. Head transverse (Figs 19B–C, 21B–C); female antenna with more than 26 antennomeres (Figs 19A, 21A); face mostly striate (Figs 19B, 21B); clypeus semi-elliptical (Figs 19B, 21B); eyes long elliptical or ovoid in lateral view (Figs 19A, D, 21A); frons rather concave, smooth (Figs 19C, 21C); vertex and occiput striate (Figs 19C, 21C); mesoscutum reticulate-rugose (Figs 19F, 21E); notauli impressed (Figs 19F, 21E); scutellum irregularly sculptured (Figs 19F, 21E); propodeum coarsely rugose with medial and lateral tubercles (Figs 19E, 20A, 21F); fore wing vein SR1 complete (Figs 20E, 21D); metasomal carapace of male with apical opening.

Biology. Parasitoids of Sesiidae and Tortricidae .

Distribution. Oriental and Palaearctic regions.