Biology:Ichneutinae

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Short description: Subfamily of wasps

Ichneutinae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Subfamily: Ichneutinae
Foerster, 1863
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 Ichneutini and Proteropini attack sawfly larvae, especially in the families Argidae and Tenthredinidae. Members of Muesebeckiini target Lepidopteran leaf-miners.[1]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4041248 entry