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Afrotropical Ichneumonoidea

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

Braconidae

Ichneumonidae

Distribution

Worldwide.

Biology

Koinobiont or idiobiont endoparasitoids or ectoparasitoids of insects (Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Rhaphidioptera, Trichoptera, Orthoptera, Psocoptera, Diptera, Isoptera, Embioptera, Neuroptera) or Chelcerata (Araneae and Pseudoscorpionida).

References

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.

Wahl, D.B. 1993. Family ichneumonidae (pp. 395-448). In GOULET, H. & HUBER, J. (eds). Hymenoptera of the World: an identification guide to families. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 668 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

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