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Alysiinae

Alysiinae wasps of Africa and Madagascar

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

Classification

  Adelphenaldis Fischer, 2003
  Alitha Cameron,1906
  Aphaereta Förster,1862
  Asobara Förster,1862
  Aspilota Förster,1862
  Bobekoides van Achterberg,1998
  Chaenusa Haliday,1839
  Chorebus Haliday,1833
  Coelalysia Cameron,1911
  Coelinius Nees,1819
  Fischeralysia van Achterberg,1994
  Gastralysia Fischer,1967
  Grandilota Fischer,2002
  Haeselyusa Fischer,1997
  Heratemis Walker,1860
  Hovalysia Granger,1949
  Idiasta Förster,1862
  Kritscherysia Fischer,1993
  Lysodinotrema Fischer,1995
  Microcrasis Fischer,1975
  Neocoelinius Granger,1949
  Orthostigma Ratzeburg,1844
  Phaenocarpa Förster,1862
  Rhacalysia Cameron,1910
  Senwot Wharton,1983
  Synaldis Förster,1862
Biology Solitary koinobiont endoparasitoids of Cyclorrhapha larvae (Diptera).
Distribution Worldwide

References

Wharton, R.A. 1980. Review of the Nearctic Alysiini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with discussion of generic relationships within the tribe. University of California Press. Berkeley, U.S.A. 88:112 pp.

Wharton, R.A. 1984. Biology of the Alysiini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), parasitoids of cyclorrhaphous Diptera. Texas Agricultural Experimental Station. Technical Monograph. 11:1-39.

Taxapad 2005.

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