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Zaglyptogastra Ashmead

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

Zaglyptogastra Ashmead, 1900. Type species: Zaglyptogastra abbotti Ashmead, 1900.

Zaglyptogastra afenestrata Quicke, 1991
Zaglyptogastra afra (Szépligeti, 1905)
Zaglyptogastra basiornata (Cameron, 1909)
Zaglyptogastra brevicaudis (Szépligeti, 1914)
Zaglyptogastra caractica (Brues, 1926)
Zaglyptogastra caudatula Quicke, 1991
Zaglyptogastra cristata (Szépligeti, 1905)
Zaglyptogastra cristatula (Szépligeti, 1905)
Zaglyptogastra equitator (Wiedemann, 1824)
Zaglyptogastra erythraspis (Cameron, 1909)
Zaglyptogastra fulvoater (Brues, 1926)
Zaglyptogastra gaullei (Granger, 1949)
Zaglyptogastra gonioides (Fahringer, 1931)
Zaglyptogastra helvimacula (Enderlein, 1920)
Zaglyptogastra insidiator (Szépligeti, 1915)
Zaglyptogastra levisulcata Quicke, 1991
Zaglyptogastra lupus (Szépligeti, 1915)
Zaglyptogastra nigripennis (Szépligeti, 1908)
Zaglyptogastra persimilis (Szépligeti, 1906)
Zaglyptogastra plumosa (Kirby, 1896)
Zaglyptogastra pulchricaudis (Szépligeti, 1905)
Zaglyptogastra rhadamanthus (Brues, 1924)
Zaglyptogastra roscheri (Fahringer, 1931)
Zaglyptogastra schroederi (Szépligeti, 1914)
Zaglyptogastra scoparia (Szépligeti, 1905)
Zaglyptogastra seminigra (Szépligeti, 1906)
Zaglyptogastra spathulata (Szépligeti, 1914)
Zaglyptogastra tacita (Cameron, 1909)
Zaglyptogastra tenuicauda Quicke, 1991
Zaglyptogastra tincticanaliculata (Cameron, 1912)
Zaglyptogastra virgulivena Quicke, 1991

Distribution

Afrotropical.

Biology

The limited available data on the biology of Zaglyptogastra species suggests that their hosts are twig-boring Coleoptera larvae which make frass holes at intervals along the length of their boring (Crowe, 1962; El-Heneidy & Quicke, 1991; Quicke 1991a). The bizarre structure of the ovipositor with multiple kinks creating an arched -like appearance towards the end of the ovipositor, enables the normally extremely ridged ovipositor to bend, allowing the female to manipulate the ovipositor to probe along the host larval tunnel (Quicke 1991a).

References

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Quicke, D.L.J. 1991b. Tergal and inter-tergal metasomal glands of male Braconine wasps (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Braconidae). Zoologica Scripta 19: 413-423.

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