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Alysiinae

Alysiine wasps of Africa and Madagascar

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

Classification

   
   

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.


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