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Braconidae

of the Afrotropical Region

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

ClassificationIdentification keys

  Acampsohelconinae

Agathidinae

Alysiinae

 

Amicrocentrinae

 

Aphidiinae

  Blacinae
  Brachistinae
 

Braconinae

 

Cardiochilinae

Charmontinae

Cheloninae

 

Dirrhopinae

Doryctinae

Euphorinae

 

Gnamptodontinae

 

Helconinae

 

Homolobinae

 

Ichneutinae

Khoikhoiinae

 

Macrocentrinae

 

Meteorideinae

 

Meteorinae

Apanteles_nigrofemoratus_habitus

Microgastrinae

 

Miracinae

 

Neoneurinae

Opiinae

 

Orgilinae

  Pambolinae
  Rhysipolinae
Rhyssalinae
 

Rogadinae

 

Sigalphinae

  Vaepellinae
Distribution

Worldwide.

Biology Koinobiont or idiobiont endoparasitoids of insect immature stages or adults. Most commonly larva of Lepidoptera and Coleoptera, but also Hemiptera nymphs and adults; Orthoptera and Psocoptera nymphs; adult Hymenoptera, Coleoptera and Chrysopidae; Symphyta larvae; Diptera larva; Isoptera and Embioptera.

References

Quicke, D.L.J. & van Achterberg, C. 1990. Phylogeny of the subfamilies of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 258, 1–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.1992.tb00068.x

Sharkey, M.J. 1993. Family Braconidae (pp. 362-395). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 pp.

Wharton, R.A., Marsh, P.M. & Sharkey, M.J., Eds. 1997. Manual of the new world genera of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera). The International Society of Hymenopterists, Washington DC, USA, 395 pp.

Yu D.S., van Achterberg, K., Horstmann, K. 2011. World Ichneumonoidea 2011. Taxonomy, biology, morphology and distribution. Available from Vancouver, Canada: Taxapad. www.taxapad.com

Credits

Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums) or Yves Braet or Mike Sharkey (University of Kentucky) or © Kees van Achterberg (Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Leiden) or Pascal Rousse (Iziko South African Musuem) or by Agničle Touret-Alby © MNHN, Visit the MNHN database http://coldb.mnhn.fr


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