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Amicrocentrinae

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Subfamily of wasps

Amicrocentrinae
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

Description and distribution

Amicrocentrinae are relatively large yellow or brown non-cyclostome braconids.

This subfamily is found in Madagascar and continental Africa.

Biology

Some species within Amicrocentrinae are known to be parasitoids of large caterpillars which bore into plant stalks.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. 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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Amicrocentrinae


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