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Blacinae

of the Afrotropical Region

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

Classification

Blacus Nees,1819

Biology

 Most are endoparasitoids of beetle larvae (Coleoptera). Species in the Palaearctic genus Xyeloblacus are parasitoids of Xyela (sawfly) larvae.

Distribution

Worldwide.

References

van Achterberg C. 1988. Revision of the subfamily Blacinae Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden 249: 1–324.

Credits

 Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2026. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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