Trachypetidae

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Trachypetidae
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea
Family: Trachypetidae
Schulz, 1911
Genera
  • Tobias, 1979
  • Turner, 1918
  • Guérin-Méneville, 1830
Synonyms

Trachypetinae

The family Trachypetidae was erected in 2020 for three rare Australian genera of large parasitoid wasps formerly included in the family Braconidae, and now considered to be sister taxon to braconids.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Quicke, Donald L. J.; Austin, Andrew D.; Fagan-Jeffries, Erinn P.; Hebert, Paul D. N.; Butcher, Buntika A. (2020). "Recognition of the Trachypetidae stat.n. as a new extant family of Ichneumonoidea (Hymenoptera), based on molecular and morphological evidence". Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/syen.12426. S2CID 214176141.


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