Campopleginae

Taxobox
name = Campopleginae


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

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

Campopleginae is a worldwide subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae. Campopleginae are koinobiont endoparasitoids mainly of Lepidoptera and Symphyta but also of Coleoptera Raphidiidae There are 65 genera and this is one of the most commonly encountered subfamilies. Many of the genera are poorly defined and difficult to identify.They are small slender black insects with a compressed abdomen and the clypeus is confluent with the rest of the face.

References

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

External Links

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