Agathidinae

Agathidinae
	Female of an unidentified genus. The long "face" is characteristic.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Braconidae
Subfamily:	Agathidinae
Tribes
	; ; ; ;

Agathidinae is a subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps. Some species have been used in biological control programs.^[1]

Description and distribution[]

Agathidines are among the larger and more colorful braconids. Diurnal members of this subfamily often possess aposematic coloration. They belong to the noncyclostome group.

They are found worldwide, but are more diverse in the tropics.

Biology[]

All Agathidinae are koinobiont endoparasitoids of caterpillars. Most attack concealed caterpillars, such as those that use silk to tie leaves together. Most are solitary, laying only one egg in each host caterpillar. Some species are nocturnal, with pale coloration and large ocelli.^[2]

Genera[]

Genera placed here include:

Agathis
Aerophilus
Alabagrus
(formerly in )
Bassus (polyphyletic)
Braunsia
Cremnops Foerster, 1862
Earinus
Lytopylus
Szépligeti, 1908
(formerly in Orgilinae)
van Achterberg, 1988
Brullé, 1846

References[]

^ 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.
^ Sharkey, Michael (2006). "Two new genera of Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with a key to the genera of the New World" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1185: 37–51.

External links[]

This Ichneumonoidea-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[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.

[2] Sharkey, Michael (2006). "Two new genera of Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with a key to the genera of the New World" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1185: 37–51.

[1]

[2]