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Euphorinae
The Euphorinae are a large subfamily of Braconidae parasitoid wasps. Some species have been used for biological pest control. They are sister group to the Meteorinae. Description and distribution Euphorines are small, usually dark colored wasps. They are non-cyclostomes. Euphorines are found worldwide. Biology Euphorines are solitary or rarely gregarious koinobiont endoparasitoids. Unlike most other parasitoid wasps, Euphorinae have a broad host range and attack adult insects or nymphs of hemimetabolous insects. Wasps of the tribe Dinocampini parasitize adult beetles. Its four genera are '' Dinocampus'' Foerster, '' Ropalophorous'' Curtis, '' Centistina'' Enderlein, and '' Betelgeuse''. Tribes Representative tribes of Euphorinae are Centistini, Cosmophorini, Cryptoxilonini, Dinocampini, Euphorini, Helorimorphini, Meteorini, Myiocephalini, Oncometeorini, Perilitini, Proclithrophorini, Syntretini, and Tainitermini. Genera These 36 genera belong to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syntretini
''Syntretini'' is a tribe of parasitic wasps in the subfamily Euphorinae The Euphorinae are a large subfamily of Braconidae parasitoid wasps. Some species have been used for biological pest control. They are sister group to the Meteorinae. Description and distribution Euphorines are small, usually dark colored .... References * Phylogeny of the parasitic wasp subfamily Euphorinae (Braconidae) and evolution of its host preferences. * Euphorinae Parasitica tribes {{Ichneumonoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphorini
Euphorini is a tribe of braconid wasps in the subfamily Euphorinae. References * Shaw, S.R. 1987: Orionis, a new genus from Central America, with an analysis of its phylogenetic placement in the tribe Euphorini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Systematic entomology, 12: 103–109. * Shaw, S.R. 1996: Plynops, a peculiar new genus and ten new species in the tribe Euphorini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae). Journal of Hymenoptera research, 5: 166–183. External links * Euphoriniat insectoid.info Euphorinae Parasitica tribes {{Ichneumonoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrysopophthorus
''Chrysopophthorus'' is a genus of wasps in the family Braconidae The Braconidae are a family of parasitoid wasps. After the closely related Ichneumonidae, braconids make up the second-largest family in the order Hymenoptera, with about 17,000 recognized species and many thousands more undescribed. One analysis .... References * Austin, A.D.; Wharton, R.A. 1992: New records of subfamilies, tribes and genera of Braconidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from Australia, with description of seven new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 116: 41-63 * The Palaearctic species of the genus Chrysopophthorus Goidanich (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Euphorinae). C van Achterberg, Zool. Meded. Leiden, 1994 * The genus Chrysopophthorus Goidanich (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). WRM Mason, The Canadian Entomologist, 1964 External links * * ''Chrysopophthorus'' at insectoid.info Euphorinae Braconidae genera {{Ichneumonoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koinobiont
In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionary strategies within parasitism, distinguished by the fatal prognosis for the host, which makes the strategy close to predation. Among parasitoids, strategies range from living inside the host (''endoparasitism''), allowing it to continue growing before emerging as an adult, to paralysing the host and living outside it (''ectoparasitism''). Hosts can include other parasitoids, resulting in hyperparasitism; in the case of oak galls, up to five levels of parasitism are possible. Some parasitoids influence their host's behaviour in ways that favour the propagation of the parasitoid. Parasitoids are found in a variety of taxa across the insect superorder Endopterygota, whose complete metamorphosis may have pre-adapted them for a split lifestyle, with parasitoid larvae a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pygostolus Sticticus
''Pygostolus'' is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are about eight described species in ''Pygostolus''. Species These eight species belong to the genus ''Pygostolus'': * '' Pygostolus clavatus'' Brues, 1933 * '' Pygostolus falcatus'' (Nees, 1834) * '' Pygostolus minax'' Belokobylskij, 2000 * '' Pygostolus multiarticulatus'' (Ratzeburg, 1852) * '' Pygostolus patriarchicus'' Brues, 1937 * '' Pygostolus sonorensis'' Cameron, 1887 * '' Pygostolus sticticus'' (Fabricius, 1798) * '' Pygostolus tibetensis'' Chen & van Achterberg, 1997 c g Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net References Further reading * * * External links * Euphorinae {{ichneumonoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meteorinae
Meteorinae is a subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps. Several species have been used in biological control programs. The name for this group comes from the pupal stage, which, in species attacking Lepidopteran hosts, hangs suspended from a long thread of silk. Description and distribution Meteorines are characterized by an open 1st subdiscal cell and a four-sided 2nd subdiscal cell of the forewings. They have a distinctive petiolate waist. They are found worldwide, in habitats where their hosts can be found. Biology Meteorines are koinobiont endoparasitiods of Coleoptera or Lepidoptera larvae. Some species are known to have broad host ranges, meaning they can attack many species of hosts. Most are solitary, laying a single egg per host, but some are gregarious and many larvae develop within a single host. Many species are nocturnal as adults. Genera Two genera are found in North America, '' Meteorus'' and ''Zele''. Recent evidence suggests that ''Meteorus'' may be para ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braconidae
The Braconidae are a family of parasitoid wasps. After the closely related Ichneumonidae, braconids make up the second-largest family in the order Hymenoptera, with about 17,000 recognized species and many thousands more undescribed. One analysis estimated a total between 30,000 and 50,000, and another provided a narrower estimate between 42,000 and 43,000 species. Classification The Braconidae are currently divided into about 47 subfamilies and over 1000 genera, which include ''Aerophilus'', ''Aleiodes'', '' Apanteles'', ''Asobara'', '' Bracon'', ''Cenocoelius'', '' Chaenusa'', ''Chorebus'', '' Cotesia'', '' Dacnusa'', '' Diachasma'', ''Microgaster'', ''Opius'', ''Parapanteles'', '' Phaenocarpa'', ''Spathius'', and ''Syntretus.'' These fall into two major groups, informally called the cyclostomes and noncyclostomes. In cyclostome braconids, the labrum and the lower part of the clypeus are concave with respect to the upper clypeus and the dorsal margin of the mandibles. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
