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Macrocentrinae

of the Afrotropical Region

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

Classification

 

Austrozele Roman, 1910

 

Dicranoneura Kriechbaumer, 1894

Macrocentrus Curtis, 1833

Biology

Solitary or gregararious endoparasitoids (koinobiont) of Lepidoptera larvae.

Distribution

Worldwide.

References

Breničre, J. 1954. Deux ennemis de riz dans la vallée du Niari. Agronomie Tropicale. 9:37-40. 
Brues, C.T. 1926. Studies on Ethiopian Braconidae with a catalogue of the African species. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 61:206-436. 
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.
Cameron, P. 1911. On the parasitic Hymenoptera collected by Mr. A.J.T. Janse, Transvaal. Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 2:173-217. 
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. 
Fahringer, J. 1941. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna Deutsch-Ostafrikas, insbesondere des Matengo-Hochlandes. Ergebnisse einer Sammerlreise H. Zernye 1935/36. II. Hymenoptera: Braconidae. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 51:206-222. 
Fischer, M. 1964. Zwei neue gezüchtete Braconiden (Hymenoptera). Entomophaga. 9(1):39-44. 
Granger, C. 1949. Braconides de Madagascar. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar. (A)2:1-428. 
Kriechbaumer, J. 1894. Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae a medico nautico Dr. Joh. Brauns in itinere secundo ad oras Africae lecta. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 39:297-318. 
Möhr, J.D. 1990. Life histories and interrelationships of the karoo caterpillar Loxostege frustalis Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and its parasitoids in relation to the recognition of mortality in field collected material. Journal of the Entomological Society of South Africa. 53:1-10. 
Nixon, G.E.J. 1956. Two new braconid parasites of Loxostege frustalis Zell. in South Africa. Journal of the Entomological Society of South Africa. 19:128-131. 
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. 1913. Braconidae von Madagascar und anderen Inseln Ostafrikas. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. 3:419-426. In: Voeltzkow A. 'Reise nach Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903-1905. 

Szépligeti, G. 1914. Afrikanische Braconiden des Königl. Zoologischen Museums in Berlin. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 7:153-230. 
Szépligeti, G. 1914. Braconidae. In: "Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique orientale 1911-1912 - Résultats scientifiques, Hymenoptera." 4:168-198. 
Szépligeti, G. 1922. 2. Braconides et Ichneumonides. In:Voyage de M. Rothschild en Ethiopie et en Afrique orientale anglaise (1904-1905). Paris. 904-918. 
van Achterberg, C. and Polaszek, A. 1996. The parasites of cereal stem borers (Lepidoptera: Cossidae, Crambidae, Noctuidae, Pyralidae) in Africa, belonging to the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea). Zoologische Verhandelingen. No.304. 123 pp.

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