Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, Pin: 673635, India.
Zootaxa. 2021 Feb 4;4926(1):zootaxa.4926.1.1. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.1.1.
The small chelonine tribe Adeliini is one of the derived groups with the postpectal carina absent, which is considered to be an apomorphic character for the Cheloninae. Adeliine genera generally exhibit a narrow endemism although the genus Adelius is widely distributed. Adeliini are reported from the Indian subcontinent for the first time with the description of a new genus and a new species, Carinadelius medicus Ranjith van Achterberg gen. et sp. nov. from south India. A revised key to the genera of Adeliini is provided with the illustrations of all included genera. The genus Myriola, which was previously included under Adelius, is re-instated based on morphological characters. The New World species of the genus Paradelius are transferred to Sculptomyriola Belokobylskij: Sculptomyriola neotropicalis (Shimbori Shaw, 2019), S. nigra (Whitfield, 1988) and S. rubra (Whitfield, 1988) are new combinations.
小龟鳖族 Adeliini 是一个衍生群体，缺少后颈嵴，这被认为是 Cheloninae 的一个特化特征。Adeliine 属通常表现出狭窄的特有性，尽管 Adelius 属分布广泛。Adeliini 首次在印度次大陆被报道，描述了一个新属和一个新种，来自印度南部的 Carinadelius medicus Ranjith van Achterberg gen. et sp. nov.。提供了 Adeliini 属的修订关键，并附有所有包含属的说明。以前归入 Adelius 的属 Myriola 根据形态特征重新归入。Paradelius 属的新大陆物种被转移到 Sculptomyriola Belokobylskij：Sculptomyriola neotropicalis (Shimbori Shaw, 2019)、S. nigra (Whitfield, 1988) 和 S. rubra (Whitfield, 1988) 是新组合。
