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Ichneutinae

Ichneutine 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 Symphyta and Lepidoptera larvae.

Distribution

Worldwide

References

Mason, W.R.M. 1969. Muesebeckiini, a new tribe of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 71:263-278.

 

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

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