Acaenitinae

Taxobox
name = Acaenitinae


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta

ordo = Hymenoptera
subordo = Apocrita
superfamilia = Ichneumonoidea
familia = Ichneumonidae
subfamilia = Acaenitinae
subfamilia_authority = Förster, 1869

Acaenitinae is a worldwide (except South America) subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae. Little is known of the Acaenitinae. The only reared species was a koinobiont endoparasitoid of a weevil. There are 24 genera. Hosts are believed to be Coleoptera larvae in wood. Female Acaenitinae have a large triangular projecting genital plate.

References

*Townes, H.T. (1971) Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 4 (Cremastinae, Phrudinae, Tersilochinae, Ophioninae, Mesochorinae, Metopiinae, Anomalinae, Acaenitinae, Microleptinae, Orthopelmatinae, Collyriinae, Orthocentrinae, Diplazontinae). "Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute" 17: 1-372.

External Links

* [http://www.waspweb.org/Ichneumonoidea/Ichneumonidae/Acaenitinae/index.htm Waspweb]
* [http://bitkikorumamuzesi.netfirms.com/ichneumonidae_anahtar.htm#Acaenitinae Diagnostic characters]