Xoridinae

Taxobox
name = Xoridinae


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Xorides" the type genus of the subfamily Xoridinae.From "British Entomology"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta

ordo = Hymenoptera
subordo = Apocrita
superfamilia = Ichneumonoidea
familia = Ichneumonidae
subfamilia = Adelognathinae
subfamilia_authority = Shuckard 1840

Xoridinae are a worldwide subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae.

Xoridinae are idiobiont ectoparasitoids of wood‑boring Coleoptera and Hymenoptera (Symphyta). Most parasitize larvae.There are four genera.

In general aspect the better knonwn Xoridinae are large robust black and orange insects with a large toothon the hind femora.Like their hosts they are woodland species.

References

*Townes, H.T. (1969a): Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 1 (Ephialtinae, Tryphoninae, Labiinae, Adelognathinae, Xoridinae, Agriotypinae). "Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute" 11: 1-300.

External Links

* [http://bitkikorumamuzesi.netfirms.com/ichneumonidae_anahtar.htm#Xoridinae Diagnostic characters]
* [http://www.waspweb.org/Ichneumonoidea/Ichneumonidae/Xoridinae/index.htm Waspweb]
* [http://www.entomo.pl/artykuly/parazytoidy/index.htm Images of pinned specimens]
* [http://bugguide.net/node/view/138114 BugGuide] U.S.A.
* [http://cse.naro.affrc.go.jp/konishi/types/Xoridinae.htm Hokkaido University] Types in Hokkaido, Japan
* [http://www.amentinst.org/GIN/Xoridinae/ American Entomological Institute]