Ctenopelmatinae

Ctenopelmatinae
Ctenopelmatinae
Hadrodactylus.villosulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subfamily: Ctenopelmatinae
Förster , 1869

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

Ctenopelmatinae are koinobiont endoparasitoids of Symphyta and, more rarely, Lepidoptera; Most species have a Holarctic distribution. There are 95 genera.

References

  • Townes, H.T. (1969c): Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 3 (Lycorininae, Banchinae, Scolobatinae =Ctenopelmatinae), Porizontinae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 13: 1-307.

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