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Euphorinae

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Euphorinae
Peristenus digoneutis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Subfamily: Euphorinae
Förster, 1862
Tribes

Several, see text

Pygostolus

The Euphorinae are a large subfamily of Braconidae parasitoid wasps. Some species have been used for biological pest control. They are sister group to the Meteorinae.

Description and distribution

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Euphorines are small, usually dark colored wasps. They are non-cyclostomes. Euphorines are found worldwide.[1]

Biology

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Euphorines are solitary or rarely gregarious koinobiont endoparasitoids. Unlike most other parasitoid wasps, Euphorinae have a broad host range and attack adult insects or nymphs of hemimetabolous insects.

Wasps of the tribe Dinocampini parasitize adult beetles.[2] Its four genera are Dinocampus Foerster, Ropalophorous Curtis, Centistina Enderlein, and Betelgeuse.[2]

Tribes

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Representative tribes of Euphorinae are Centistini, Cosmophorini, Cryptoxilonini, Dinocampini, Euphorini, Helorimorphini, Meteorini, Myiocephalini, Oncometeorini, Perilitini, Proclithrophorini, Syntretini, and Tainitermini.

Genera

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These 36 genera belong to the subfamily Euphorinae:

Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[6]

References

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  1. ^ 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-08-03. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  2. ^ a b Shaw, Scott Richard (1988). "A new Mexican genus and species of Dinocampini with serrate antennae (Hymenoptera; Braconidae; Euphorinae)" (PDF). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 95: 289–298. doi:10.1155/1988/98545. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  3. ^ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  4. ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  5. ^ "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  6. ^ "Euphorinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
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