Aydogdu, Mitat2024-06-122024-06-1220171302-70502146-5894https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/19280The study was carried out to determine the species of the genus Chelonus Panzer, 1806 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cheloninae) in Central Anatolia Region between 2007 and 2009. Cheloninae species are solitary koinobiont egglarval endoparasitoids on Lepidoptera (especially Tortricoidea and Pyraloidea) and Coleoptera. For this reason, members of this group are potentially very important biological control agents for the pest insects. Samples were collected from short plants using standard insect sweeping nets, transferred into tubes containing 70% ethanol and labeled following their preparations according to museum techniques. Samplings were performed in 45 localities and 14 species of Chelonus were determined of which Chelonus (Chelonus) carbonator Marshall, 1885 is a new record for Turkey fauna. The distributional ranges of already known species were expanded with the addition of new records for these species. The distributions of the determined species in Turkey as well as their general distributions were given and discussed zoogeographically. C. (C.) oculator is found in 30 of the 45 habitats, and appears to perform the highest ecological valance.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessBraconidaeChelonusFaunaHymenopteraTurkeyArticle1426470N/AWOS:0004531657000082-s2.0-85044723296Q3