Cardiochilinae

Austerocardiochiles Dangerfield, Austin & Whitfield, 1999

Bohayella Belokobylskij, 1987

Cardiochiles Nees, 1819

Biology

Endoparasitoids (koinobiont) of Lepidoptera larvae.

Distribution

Worldwide. Afrotropical region: Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

References

Brues, C.T. 1924. Some South African parasitic Hymenoptera of the families Evaniidae, Braconidae, Alysiidae, and Plumariidae in the South African Museum with a catalogue of the known species. Annals of the South African Museum. 19:1-150.

Cameron, P. 1906. Descriptions of new species of parasitic Hymenoptera chiefly in the collection of the South African Museum, Cape Town. Annals of the South African Museum 5: 17-186.

Dangerfield PC, Austin AD, Whitfield JB. 1999. Systematics of the world genera of Cardiochilinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 13: 917-976.

Edmardash YA, Gadallah NS & Sharkey MJ. 2018. Revision of the subfamily Cardiochilinae Ashmead, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Egypt, with new records and a new species. Journal of Natural History 52: 269 - 297. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1420834

Huddleston, T.,  & Walker. A.T. 1988. Cardiochiles (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a parasitoid of the lepidopterous larvae, in the Sahel of Africa, with a review of the biology and host relationships of the genus. Bulletin of the Entomological Research 78:435-461.

Mason, W.R.M. 1983. A new South African subfamily related to Cardiochilinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 20:49-62.

Shenefelt, R.D. 1973. Braconidae 5. Microgasterinae amd Ichneutinae. Hymenopterum Catalogus, Pars 9:669-812.

Credits

Photographs © Iziko Museums of South Africa.

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