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Amicrocentrum Schulz

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

Amicrocentrum Schulz, 1911. Type species: Megacentrus concolor (Szépligeti,1904).

Amicrocentrum concolor (Szépligeti, 1904)

 

Amicrocenmtrum curvinervis (Cameron, 1912)

 

Amicrocentrum exilis van Achterberg, 1979

 

Amicrocentrum flavipenne Granger, 1949

Distribution

Benin, Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast,
Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda.

Biology

Parasitoids of  Lepidoptera larvae. Attracted to light.

References

Basibuyuk, H.H. & Quicke, D.L.J. 1995. Morphology of the antenna cleaner structure in the Hymenoptera with particular reference to non-aculeate families (Insecta). Zoologica Scripta. 24:157-177.
Beccari, F. & Gerini, V. 1983. Catalogo della collezione entomologica. Istituto Agronomico per l'Oltremare. Firenze. 109 pp.
Bonhof, M.J.; Overholt, W.A.; van Huis, A. & Polaszek, A. 1997. Natural enemies of cereal stemborers in east Africa: A review. Insect Science & its Application. 17(1):19-35.
Braet, Y. 1997. Notes about exotic Braconidae (Hymenoptera) in Belgian collections. Bulletin & Annales de la Societe Royale Belge d'Entomologie. 133(3): 337-343.
Brues, C.T. 1926. Studies on Ethiopian Braconidae with a catalogue of the African species. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 61:206-436.
Cameron, P. 1912. On the Hymenoptera from Belgian Congo in the Congo Museum, Tervueren. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 56:357-401.
Enderlein, G. 1920. Zur Kenntnis aussereuropäischer Braconiden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 84(A)11(1918):51-224.
Granger, C. 1949. Braconides de Madagascar. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar. (A)2:1-428.
Kishore, Prem; Barman, A.K. & Gahukar, R.T. 2003. Current status of natural enemies with special reference to parasitoids & predators of major stem borers of cereals. Journal of Entomological Research (New Delhi). 27(1): 29-70. 
Papp, J. 2004. Type specimens of the braconid species by Gy. Szépligeti deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 96:153-223.
Rahman, M.H.; Fitton, M.G. & Quicke, D.L.J. 1998. Ovipositor internal microsculpture in the Braconidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera). Zoologica Scripta. 27(4):319-331.
Schulz, W.A. 1911. Zweihundert alte Hymenopteren. Zoologische Annalen. Wuerzburg. 4:1-220.

Sharanowski, Barbara J.; Dowling, Ashley P.G. & Sharkey, Michael J. 2011. Molecular phylogenetics of Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), based on multiple nuclear genes, & implications for classification. Systematic Entomology. 36:549-572.
Shenefelt, R.D. 1969. Braconidae 1. Hybrizoninae, Euphorinae, Cosmophorinae, Neoneurinae, Macrocentrinae. Hymenopterorum Catalogus (nova editio). Part 4. Dr. W. Junk N.V. 's-Gravenhage. 176 pp.
Szépligeti, G. 1904. Hymenoptera. Fam. Braconidae. Genera Insectorum. 22:1-253.

Szépligeti, G. 1908. Hymenoptera: Braconidae & Ichneumonidae. In: Sjostedts Y. "Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilim&jaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen". pp 25-96.

Szépligeti, G. 1914. Afrikanische Braconiden des Königl. Zoologischen Museums in Berlin. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 7:153-230.
van Achterberg, C. 1979. A revision of the Amicrocentrinae, a new subfamily (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with the description of the final larval instar Amicrocentrum curvinervis by J.R.T. Short. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 122:1-28.
van Achterberg, C. 1993. Illustrated key to the subfamilies of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea). Zoologische Verh&elingen. No.283. 189 pp.
van Achterberg, C. & Polaszek, A. 1996. The parasites of cereal stem borers (Lepidoptera: Cossidae, Crambidae, Noctuidae, Pyralidae) in Africa, belonging to the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea). Zoologische Verh&elingen. No.304. 123 pp.
van Achterberg, C. & Walker, A.K. 1998. 17 Braconidae. In: Polaszek, A. 'African Cereal Stem Borers. Economic importance, taxonomy, natural enemies & control.' CAB International. Wallingford, U.K. 530 pp. pp. 137-185, 448-483.
Viereck, H.L. 1914. Type species of the genera of Ichneumon flies. United States National Museum Bulletin. No.83. 186 pp.

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