Acampsohelconinae
| Acampsohelconinae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Braconidae |
| Subfamily: | Acampsohelconinae Tobias, 1987 |
| Tribes | |
The Acampsohelconinae are a subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps. Extant members of this subfamily were previously included in the Helconinae, Blacinae, or Sigalphinae.[1][2] The four genera included are †Acampsohelcon, Afrocampsis, Canalicephalus, and Urosigalphus.[1]
Description and distribution
[edit]Acampsohelconinae are non-cyclostome braconids with a carapace covering the metasoma. The outer hind tarsal claws are modified and much larger than the midtarsal claws.[1]
Canalicephalus has an Indo-Australian distribution, Afrocampsis has an Afrotropical distribution, and Urosigalphus is found mostly in the New World with one species found in Japan.[1][3]
Biology
[edit]Hosts and habits of most Acampsohelconinae are unknown, but members of Urosigalphus are parasitoids of seed feeding beetle grubs in the Bruchidae and Curculionidae.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d van Achterberg, C. (2002). "Revision of the genus Canalicephalus Gibson and the recognition of the Acampsohelconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) as extant". Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 76: 347–370.
- ^ a b Wharton, Robert A.; Marsh, Paul M.; Sharkey, Michael J. (1997). Manual of the New World Genera of the Family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) (PDF). Washington DC: The International Society of Hymenopterists. p. 69.
- ^ VAN ACHTERBERG, C; QUICKE, D. L. J. (1990). "Afrocampsis, a new genus belonging to the Sigalphinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the afrotropical region". Afrocampsis, A New Genus Belonging to the Sigalphinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the Afrotropical Region. 64 (7–14): 155–160. ISSN 0024-0672.
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