Acampsohelconinae

Acampsohelconinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Braconidae
Subfamily:	Acampsohelconinae; Tobias, 1987
Tribes
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The Acampsohelconinae are a subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps. Extant members of this subfamily were previously included in the Helconinae, , or .^[1]^[2] The four genera included are †, , , and .^[1]

Description and distribution[]

Acampsohelconinae are non-cyclostome braconids with a carapace covering the metasoma. The outer hind tarsal claws are modified and much larger than the .^[1]

Canalicephalus has an Indo-Australian distribution, Afrocampsis has an Afrotropical distribution, and Urosigalphus is found mostly in the New World with one species found in Japan.^[1]^[3]

Biology[]

Hosts and habits of most Acampsohelconinae are unknown, but members of Urosigalphus are parasitoids of seed feeding beetle grubs in the Bruchidae and Curculionidae.^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d van Achterberg, C. (2002). "Revision of the genus Canalicephalus Gibson and the recognition of the Acampsohelconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) as extant". Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 76: 347–370.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ VAN ACHTERBERG, C; QUICKE, D. L. J. (1990). "Afrocampsis, a new genus belonging to the Sigalphinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the afrotropical region". Afrocampsis, A New Genus Belonging to the Sigalphinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the Afrotropical Region. 64 (7–14): 155–160. ISSN 0024-0672.

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[:1-1] van Achterberg, C. (2002). "Revision of the genus Canalicephalus Gibson and the recognition of the Acampsohelconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) as extant". Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 76: 347–370.

[:0-2] 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.

[3] VAN ACHTERBERG, C; QUICKE, D. L. J. (1990). "Afrocampsis, a new genus belonging to the Sigalphinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the afrotropical region". Afrocampsis, A New Genus Belonging to the Sigalphinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the Afrotropical Region. 64 (7–14): 155–160. ISSN 0024-0672.

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