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Euphorinae

of the Afrotropical region

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

Classification

 

Aridelus Marshall, 1887

 

Bracteodes de Saeger, 1946

Centistes Haliday, 1835

 

Centistina Enderlein, 1912

 

Chrysopophthorus Goidanich, 1948

Cosmophorus Ratzeburg, 1848

Dinocampus Förster, 1862

Leiophron  Nees, 1819

Meteorus Haliday, 1835

 

Perilitus Nees, 1819

 

Peristenus Forster, 1862

Streblocera Westwood, 1833

 

Syntretellus de Saeger, 1946

Syntretus Forster, 1862

 

Zele Curtis, 1832

Biology

Solitary enparasitoids (koinobiont) of Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Neuroptera, Psocoptera, Orthoptera and Hymenoptera larvae.

Distribution

Worldwide.

References

De Saeger, H. 1942. Espèces nouvelles de Streblocera du Congo belge (Hym. Brac. Europhorinae). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 35(1941): 376-385.

De Saeger, H. 1946. Euphorinae (Hymenoptera Apocrita). Fam. Braconidae. Exploration du Parc National Albert. Mission G.F. de Witte (1933-1935). 50:1-245.
Granger, C. 1949. Braconides de Madagascar. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar. (A)2: 1-428.

Lee HR, An TH, Byon BK, Ku DS. 2016. Five newly recorded species of the genus Streblocera Westwood (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae) from Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 9: 468-471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2016.09.003

Minnaar IA, Shinner R, van Noort S & Clusella-Trullas S. 2014. New records of the parasitic wasp Dinocampus coccinellae and its hosts in South Africa. African Entomology 22: 226-229. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4001/003.022.0124

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, S.R. 1985. A phylogenetic study of the subfamilies Meteorinae and Euphorinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Entomography 3:277-370.

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.

Shenefelt, R.D. 1969. Braconidae 1. Hybrizoninae, Euphorinae, Cosmophorinae, Neoneurinae, Macrocentrinae. Hymenopterorum Catalogus, Pars 4:1-176.

Turner, R.E. 1922. New Evaniidae and Braconidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (9)10: 270-281.

Yu D.S., van Achterberg K., Horstmann K. 2011. World Ichneumonoidea 2011. Taxonomy, biology, morphology and distribution. Available from Vancouver, Canada: Taxapad. www.taxapad.com

Credits

Phototographs by Agnièle Touret-Alby © MNHN. Visit the MNHN database http://coldb.mnhn.fr


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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