Amicrocentrinae
Appearance
Amicrocentrinae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Braconidae |
Subfamily: | Amicrocentrinae Schulz, 1912 |
Genera | |
The Amicrocentrinae are a subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps. Members of this subfamily were previously included in the Macrocentrinae.[1]
Description and distribution
[edit]Amicrocentrinae are relatively large yellow or brown non-cyclostome braconids.[1]
This subfamily is found in Madagascar and continental Africa.[2]
Biology
[edit]Some species within Amicrocentrinae are known to be parasitoids of large caterpillars which bore into plant stalks.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c van Achterberg, C. (1979). "Revision of the species of Amicrocentrinae, a new subfamily (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a description of the final larval instar of Amicrocentrum curvinervis by JRT Short". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 122 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Madl, M.; van Achterberg, C. (2014). "A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of the Malagasy subregion" (PDF). Linz. Biol. Beitr. 46: 5–220.
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