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Disophrys Förster

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Braconidae; Subfamily: Agathidinae)

Disophrys Förster,1862. Type species: Ichneumon incalculator sensu Förster, 1862.

Disophrys atripennis Szépligeti,1914
  Disophrys atrocarpa Szépligeti,1914
  Disophrys blandula Enderlein,1920
  Disophrys calabarica (Kriechbaumer,1894)
  Disophrys capensis Szépligeti,1914
  Disophrys conspicua Granger,1949
  Disophrys dichroa (Brullé,1846)
  Disophrys erythropa Cameron,1911
Disophrys elegantissimus Szépligeti,1908
  Disophrys evanescens Enderlein,1920
  Disophrys exilis Enderlein,1920
  Disophrys flaviceps Szépligeti,1914
  Disophrys fraudator Saussure,1892
  Disophrys guineensis Szépligeti,1914
  Disophrys insidiator Szépligeti,1914
  Disophrys insidiosa Saussure,1892
  Disophrys intermedia Szépligeti,1914
  Disophrys lutea (Brullé,1846)
  Disophrys madagascariensis Granger,1949
  Disophrys melanogaster Szépligeti,1915
  Disophrys mellea Roman,1910
  Disophrys minor Szépligeti,1914
  Disophrys mitra Enderlein,1920
  Disophrys natalensis Szépligeti,1902
  Disophrys nigriceps Saussure,1892
  Disophrys nigricornis (Brullé,1846)
  Disophrys pedalis Brues,1924
  Disophrys picturata Brues,1924
  Disophrys punctata Szépligeti,1914
  Disophrys rufa Cameron,1906
  Disophrys seminigra Szépligeti,1911
  Disophrys severini Szépligeti,1914
  Disophrys speciosissima Granger,1949
  Disophrys striata Szépligeti,1914
  Disophrys testacea Cameron,1906
  Disophrys tristis Granger,1949
  Disophrys xanthocephala Granger,1949
  Disophrys xanthostigma Szépligeti,1915

Distribution

Afrotropical Region.

Biology

Parasitoid of Helicoverpa armigera.

References

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Brullé, M.A. 1846.
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Förster, A. 1862. Synopsis der Familien und Gattungen der Braconiden. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens 19: 225-288.

Masi, L. 1944. Missione biologica Sagan-Omo diretta dal Prof. E. Zavattari. Nuove specie d'Imenotteri Braconidi. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Giacomo Doria 62:211-215.
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Nixon, G.E.J. 1986. A revision of the European Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 52: 183-242.

Pucci, T., & Sharkey, M. 2004. A revision of Agathirsia Westwood (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) with notes on mouthpart evolution. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 13: 64–107.

Sharkey, M.J. 1992 Cladistics and tribal classification of the Agathidinae (Hymenoptera). Canadian Entomologist 118: 283-286.

Sheneflt, R.D. 1907. Braconidae 3. Agathidinae. Hymenopterum Catalogus Pars 6:306-428.

Sharkey, M.J. 1993. Family Braconidae (pp. 362-395). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.

Sharkey, M.J. 1992 Cladistics and tribal classification of the Agathidinae (Hymenoptera). Canadian Entomologist 118: 283-286.

Szépligeti, G. 1905. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. 29. Braconidae. Arkiv foer Zoologi. 2(14):1-11. (13388)
Szépligeti, G.. 1905. Exotische Braconiden aus den aethiopischen, orientalischen und australischen Regionen. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 3:26-55.

Szépligeti, G. 1908. Hymenoptera: Braconidae & Ichneumonidae. In: Sjostedts Y. "Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen". pp 25-96.
Szépligeti, G. 1913.
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Szépligeti, G. 1913.
Neue afrikanische Braconiden aus der Sammlung der Ungarischen National-Museum. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 11:592-608.

Szépligeti, G. 1914. Afrikanische Braconiden des Belgischen Naturhistorischen Museums. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 58:109-118.
Szépligeti, G. 1914.
Afrikanische Braconiden des Königl. Zoologischen Museums in Berlin. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 7:153-230.

Szépligeti, G. 1915. Braconidae. In: 'Ergebnisse der zweiten Deutschen Zentral-Afrika Expedition 1910-1911 unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenburg Vol. 1'. Leipzig. Verlag Klinkhart & Biermann. pp.139-154.

Tucker, E.M. & Sharkey, M.J. 2015. Spring-cleaning of African agathidines: new combinations for five species previously placed in Cremnops Förster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Zootaxa 3946: 133–138.  doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3946.1.7.

Tucker, E.M., Sharkey, M.J., Stoelb, S.A.C. 2012. A new species-group of Camptothlipsis (Braconidae, Agathidinae) from South Africa, with notes on the evolution of long mouthparts. Journal of Hymenoptera research, 24: 59-74. doi: 10.3897/JHR.24.1909

Quicke, D.L.J. & van Achterberg, C. 1990. Phylogeny of the subfamilies of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 258, 1–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.1992.tb00068.x

Wharton, R.A., Marsh, P.M. & Sharkey, M.J., Eds. 1997. Manual of the new world genera of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera). The International Society of Hymenopterists, Washington DC, USA, 395 pp.

Yu D.S., van Achterberg, K., Horstmann, K. 2011. World Ichneumonoidea 2011. Taxonomy, biology, morphology and distribution. Available from Vancouver, Canada: Taxapad. www.taxapad.com

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