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Centistes
caloupile Rousse & Braet, 2012 (Reunion) |
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Centistes flavipes
Szépligeti,1911 (Kenya) |
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Centistes
fossulatus Granger,1949 (Madagascar) |
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Centistes
fulvicollis Granger,1949 (Madagascar) |
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Centistes
ophthalmicus Granger,1949 (Madagascar) |
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Centistes punctatus
(Brues,1926) (South Africa) |
Diagnosis
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Maxillary
and labial palpi with, respectively, 5–6 and 3 segments. Eyes with
sparse and short pilosity. Occipital carina complete dorsally,
joining hypostomal carina near base of mandibles. Subocullar sulcus
present. Notaulus absent. Epicnemial carina complete. Propodeum
often with arched transverse median carina. Forewing with 2R1
comparatively short, M+Cu spectral, Rs tubular to wing
apex or nearly so, 1/Rs present, Rs+M present,
1cu-a distal to M, 2cu-a present as a faint trace.
Tarsal claws simple. Metasomal tergite I short and sessile, with
glymma present as a deep basal pit. Hypopygium usually densely
setose. Ovipositor long though mostly concealed, flat and falcate,
sheath usually short and thin but sometimes long or thick (Rousse &
Braet, 2012). |
Biology
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Solitary enparasitoids (koinobiont) of
Coleoptera (mostly of Curculionidae, Chrysomelidae,
Coccinellidae and Carabidae). |
Distribution
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Worldwide, except Australia. |
References
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Rousse, P. & Braet,
Y. 2012.
Braconid wasps (Hymenoptera) of Reunion. 1. Euphorinae (including Meteorini):
key to species and description of six new species. Zootaxa 3449:
26–46.
Shaw,
M.R. and T. Huddleston 1991. Classification and biology of braconid wasps
(Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Handbooks for the Identification of the British
Insects, Vol. 7, Part 11. Royal Entomological Society of London, London,
England. 126pp.
Shaw,
S.R. 1985. A phylogenetic study of the subfamilies Meteorinae and Euphorinae
(Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Entomography 3:277-370.
Shenefelt,
R.D. 1969. Braconidae 1. Hybrizoninae, Euphorinae, Cosmophorinae, Neoneurinae,
Macrocentrinae. Hymenopterorum Catalogus, Pars 4:1-176.
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Credits
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Phototographs by Agničle Touret-Alby © MNHN. Visit
the MNHN database
http://coldb.mnhn.fr |
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