of the Afrotropical region

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

Diolcogaster Ashmead, 1900

Diolcogaster abengouroui (Risbec,1951) (Ivory Coast)

Diolcogaster agama (de Saeger, 1944) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Diolcogaster ambositrensis (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar)

Diolcogaster anandra (de Saeger, 1944) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Diolcogaster annulata (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar)

Diolcogaster austrina (Wilkinson,1929) (Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Réunion, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda)

Diolcogaster bambeyi (Risbec,1951) (Senegal)

Diolcogaster basimacula (Cameron,1905) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, South Africa)

Diolcogaster bicolorina (Shenefelt,1973) (Kenya, Tanzania)

Diolcogaster cariniger (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar)

Diolcogaster cincticornis (de Saeger, 1944) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Diolcogaster cingulata (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar)

Diolcogaster coronata (de Saeger, 1944) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Diolcogaster coxalis (de Saeger, 1944) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Diolcogaster curticornis (Granger,1949) (Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion)

Diolcogaster earina (Wilkinson,1929) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria)

Diolcogaster epectina (de Saeger, 1944) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Diolcogaster epectinopsis (de Saeger, 1944) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Diolcogaster fasciipennis (Gahan,1918) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Uganda)

Diolcogaster glaphyra (de Saeger,1944) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia)

Diolcogaster grangeri (Shenefelt,1973) (Madagascar)

Diolcogaster heterocera (de Saeger, 1944) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)

Diolcogaster homocera (de Saeger, 1944) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Diolcogaster insularis (Hedqvist, 1965) (Cape Verde)

Diolcogaster integra (Wilkinson,1929) (Uganda)

Diolcogaster kivuana (de Saeger, 1944) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Diolcogaster mediosulcata (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar)

Diolcogaster megaulax (de Saeger, 1944) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Diolcogaster neglecta (de Saeger, 1944) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)

Diolcogaster nigromacula (de Saeger, 1944) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Diolcogaster palpicolor (de Saeger, 1944) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Diolcogaster persimilis (Wilkinson,1929) (Uganda)

Diolcogaster plutocongoensis (Shenefelt,1973) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)

Diolcogaster psilocnema (de Saeger, 1944) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)

Diolcogaster reales (Nixon,1965) (South Africa)

Diolcogaster rufithorax (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar)

Diolcogaster semirufa (de Saeger, 1944) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Diolcogaster seyrigi (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar)

Diolcogaster subtorquata (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar)

Diolcogaster sulcata (de Saeger, 1944) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Diolcogaster torquatiger (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar)

Diolcogaster tristiculus (Granger, 1949) (Madagascar)

Diolcogaster turneri (Wilkinson,1929) (South Africa)

Diolcogaster vulcana (de Saeger, 1944) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)

Diolcogaster wittei (de Saeger, 1944) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda)

Biology

Solitary or gregararious endoparasitoids (koinobiont) of Lepidoptera larvae.

Distribution

Worldwide.

References

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

Whitfield, J.B., Mardulyn, P., Austin, A.D. & Dowton, M. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships among microgastrine braconid wasp genera based on data from the 16S, COI and 28S genes and morphology. Systematic Entomology, 27, 337–359. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3113.2002.00183.x

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Credits

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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