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Classification

Pambolinae

 

of the Afrotropical region

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

 

Pambolus Haliday,1836

Biology

Endoparasitoids of leaf-beetles in the genera Chrysomela and Cryptocephalus (Chrysomelidae).

Distribution

Worldwide.

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.
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.
Granger, C. 1949. Braconides de Madagascar. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar (A) 2: 1-428.
Haliday, A.H. 1836. Essay on parasitic Hymenoptera. Entomological Magazine. 4: 38-59.

Papp, J. 1996. On the genus Pambolus (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Pambolinae), with description of four new tropical species. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 42: 41-57.

Szépligeti, G. 1904. Hymenoptera. Fam. Braconidae. Genera Insectorum 22: 1-253.

Szépligeti, G. 1913. Neue afrikanische Braconiden aus der Sammlung der Ungarischen National-Museum. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 11: 592-608.

Credits

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


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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