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Opiinae

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

 

 

Biology

Solitary endoparasitoids of Cyclorrhapha (Diptera) larvae.

Distribution

Worldwide

References

Fischer, M. 1971. Index of entomophagous insects, Hym., Braconidae, World Opiinae. Le François, Paris, France. 189 pp.

Fischer, M. 1972. Hymenoptera: Braconidae (Opiinae I) Das Tiereich 91, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, Germany. xii + 620 pp.

Fischer, M. 1977. Hymenoptera: Braconidae (Opiinae II-Amerika). Das Tiereich 91, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, Germany. xxvii + 1001 pp

Fischer, M. 1987. Hymenoptera: Braconidae (Opiinae III-äthiopische, orientalische, autralische und oceanische Region. Das Tierreich 104, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, Germany. xv + 734 pp.

Wharton (1987, 1988).

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