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 subfamily Euphorinae:

* '' Allurus'' Förster, 1862 ^{c g}
* '' Aridelus'' Marshall, 1887 ^{c g b}
* '' Bracteodes'' De Saeger, 1946 ^{c g}
* '' Centistes'' Haliday, 1835 ^{c g}
* '' Centistina'' Enderlein, 1912 ^{c g}
* '' Chrysopophthorus'' Goidanich, 1948 ^{c g b}
* '' Cosmophorus'' Ratzeburg, 1848 ^{c g}
* '' Cryptoxilos'' Viereck, 1911 ^{c g b}
* '' Dinocampus'' Förster, 1862 ^{c g b}
* '' Eadya'' Huddleston & Short, 1978 ^{c g}
* '' Ecclitura'' Kokujev, 1902 ^{c g}
* '' Elasmosoma'' Ruthe, 1858 ^{c g b}
* '' Euphoriella'' Ashmead, 1900 ^{g b}
* '' Euphorus'' Nees, 1834 ^g
* '' Kollasmosoma'' van Achterberg & Argaman, 1993 ^{c g}
* '' Leiophron'' Nees von Esenbeck, 1818 ^{c g b}
* '' Marshiella'' Shaw, 1985 ^{c g}
* '' Meteorus'' Haliday, 1835 ^{c g b}
* '' Microctonus'' Wesmael, 1835 ^{c g b}
* '' Myiocephalus'' Marshall, 1897 ^{c g}
* '' Neoneurus'' Haliday, 1838 ^{c g b}
* ''Perilitus'' Nees von Esenbeck, 1818 ^{c g}
* '' Peristenus'' Foerster, 1862 ^{g b}
* '' Proclithrophorus'' Tobias & Belokobylskij, 1981 ^{c g}
* '' Pygostolus'' Haliday ^{c g b}
* '' Rilipertus'' Haeselbarth, 1996 ^{c g}
* '' Ropalophorus'' Curtis, 1837 ^{c g}
* '' Spathicopis'' van Achterberg, 1977 ^{c g}
* '' Stenothremma'' Shaw, 1984 ^{c g}
* '' Streblocera'' Westwood, 1833 ^{c g}
* '' Syntretellus'' De Saeger, 1946 ^{c g}
* '' Syntretoriana'' Parrott, 1953 ^{c g}
* ''Syntretus'' Förster, 1862 ^{c g b}
* '' Townesilitus'' Haeselbarth & Loan, 1983 ^{g b}
* '' Wesmaelia'' Förster, 1862 ^{c g}
* ''Zele'' Curtis, 1832 ^{c g}
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

References

External links

Photos on BugGuide

DNA barcodes at BOLD systems

Apocrita subfamilies

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