Cenocoelius

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Cenocoelius
Cenocoelius nigrisoma.jpg
Cenocoelius nigrisoma
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Arthropoda
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Insecta
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Cenocoelius

Westwood, 1840
Species include








C. huggerti






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Cenocoelius is a genus of hymenopteran insects belonging to the family Braconidae. Those species whose life history has been studied are all koinobiont parasitoids on wood-boring beetle larvae (mainly Cerambycidae and Curculionidae but sometimes Buprestidae).

References[]

  • Kevin M. Pitz & Michael J. Sharkey (2005). "Cenocoelius huggerti, the first record of the subfamily Cenocoeliinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Africa" (PDF). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 14 (1): 92–95.


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