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Cheloninae

Chelonine wasps of Africa and Madagascar

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

Classification

   
   

Biology

Solitary endoparasitoids (koinobiont) of Lepidoptera larvae.

Distribution

Worldwide

References

Shenefelt, R.D. 1973. Braconidae 6. Chelioninae. Hymenopterum Catalogus, Pars 10:813-936.

 

Vance, A.M. 1932a. The biology and morphology of the braconid Chelonus annulipes Wesm., a parasite of the European corn borer. Technical Bulletin. United States Department of Agriculture No. 294. 48pp.

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