Eucerotinae

Taxobox
name = Eucerotinae


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

ordo = Hymenoptera
subordo = Apocrita
superfamilia = Ichneumonoidea
familia = Ichneumonidae
subfamilia = Eucerotinae
subfamilia_authority = Viereck 1919

Eucerotinae is a worldwide subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae with only one genus , "Euceros". "Euceros" species are hyperparasitoids of Ichneumonoidea. First instar larvae hatche from eggs laid on leaf surfaces, attach to passing Lepidoptera or Symphyta larva and enter the body of an emerging primary endoparasitoid, such as a campoplegine or banchine or an attached ectoparasitoid. The genus has been variously placed in Tryphoninae and Ctenopelmatinae.

References

*Barron, J.R. 1976. Systematics of Nearctic Euceros (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Eucerotinae). "Naturaliste Canadien" 103:285‑375.
*Barron, J.R. 1978. Systematics of the world Eucerotinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), Part 2. Non‑Nearctic species. "Naturaliste Canadien" l05: 327-24.

External Links

* [http://www.waspweb.org/Ichneumonoidea/Ichneumonidae/Eucerotinae/index.htm Waspweb]