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Cardiochilinae

Cardiochiline wasps of Africa and Madagascar

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

Classification

   
   

Biology

Endoparasitoids (koinobiont) of Lepidoptera larvae.

Distribution

Worldwide

References

Huddleston, T.,  and A.K. Walker. 1988. Cardiochiles (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a parasitoid of the lepidopterous larvae, in the Sahel of Africa, with a review of the biology and host relationships of the genus. Bulletin of the Entomological Research 78:435-461.

 

Mason, W.R.M. 1983. A new South African subfamily related to Cardiochilinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 20:49-62.

 

Shenefelt, R.D. 1973. Braconidae 5. Microgasterinae amd Ichneutinae. Hymenopterum Catalogus, Pars 9:669-812.

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