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Helconinae

Helconine wasps of Africa and Madagascar

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

Classification

   

Biology

Endoparasitoids (koinobiont) of  Coleoptera larvae.

Distribution

Worldwide

References

Haeselbarth, E. 1973. Die Blacus-arten europas und Zentral-Asiens (Hym., Braconidae). Veröffentlichungen der zoologischen Staats-sammlungen, München 16:69-170.

 

Mason,  W.R.M. 1974.A generic synopsis of Brachistini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and recognition of the name Charman Haliday. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 76:235-246.

 

Shenefelt, R.D. 1969. Braconidae 1. Hybrizoninae, Euphorinae, Cosmophorinae, Neoneurinae, Macrocentrinae. Hymenopterorum Catalogus, Pars 4:1-176.

 

Shenefelt, R.D., 1970. Braconidae 2. Helconinae, Calyptinae, Mimagathidinae, Triaspinae. Hymenopterorum Catalogus, Pars 4:1-176.

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