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Exothecinae

of the Afrotropical Region

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

Classification

Xenarcha Foerster, 1863

Biology

Ectoparasitoids of leaf-mining or gallforming larvae of Lepidoptera, Diptera, Coleoptera and other Hymenoptera.

Distribution

Worldwide.

References

Белокобыльский, С.А., 2000. Новые таксоны браконид подсем. Exothecinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) из тропиков и субтропиков Старого Света. 2. Энтомологическое обозрение, 79(1), pp.180-203. [Belokobylskij S.A. 2000. A NEW TAXA OF BRACONIDS OF THE SUBFAMILY EXOTHECINAE (HYMENOPTERA, EXOTHECINAE) FROM THE TROPICS AND SUBTROPICS OF THE OLD WORLD].

Belokobylskij SA, Ku D 2025. Genera Colastes Haliday, Colastinus Belokobylskij, and Xenarcha Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Exothecinae) from the Korean Peninsula with a discussion on the Exothecinae genus and subgenus composition. ZooKeys 1236: 141-183. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1236.148928.

Singh, L.R.K., Achterberg, C.V. & Sheela, S. 2022. Studies on the subfamily Exothecinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with the description of a new genus and a new species from India . Zootaxa, 5133 (1), 40–52. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5133.1.2

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