Tersilochinae

Taxobox
name =Tersilochinae


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

ordo = Hymenoptera
subordo = Apocrita
superfamilia = Ichneumonoidea
familia = Ichneumonidae
subfamilia = Tersilochinae
subfamilia_authority = Schmiedeknecht,1910

Tersilochinae is a worldwide subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae Tersilochinae species are koinobiont endoparasitoids of Coleoptera larvae, although Symphyta larvae are recorded as hosts of one genus of Ichneumonoidea (although Symphyta larvae are recorded as hosts of one genus). Hosts include Curculionidae and Chrysomelidae so Tersilochinae are used for biological control.There are 18 genera.

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://bitkikorumamuzesi.netfirms.com/ichneumonidae_anahtar.htm#Tersilochinae Diagnostic characters]