Ichneutinae

Ichneutinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Subfamily: Ichneutinae
Tribes

Ichneutini
Muesebeckiini
Proteropini

The Ichneutinae are a subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps.[1]

Description and distribution

Ichneutines are small to medium-sized, non-cyclostome braconids. They lack an occipital carina (ridge on the back of the head).

They have a cosmopolitan distribution.[2]

Biology

Ichneutines are all solitary, koinobionont parasitoids which oviposit into host eggs, but complete development once the host has become a larva. Members of the tribes Ichneutinae and Proteropini attack sawfly larvae, especially in the families Argidae and Tenthredinidae. Members of Muesebeckiini target Lepidopteran leaf-miners.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ H., Goulet,; J.T., Huber, (1993). "Hymenoptera of the world: An identification guide to families".
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