Microgastrinae

Microgastrinae
Microgastrinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Superclass: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Endopterygota
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea
Family: Braconidae
Subfamily: Microgastrinae
Genera
  • Alphomelon
  • Apanteles
  • Choeras
  • Cotesia
  • Dasylagon
  • Deuterixys
  • Diolcogaster
  • Dolichogenidea
  • Exoryza
  • Fornicia
  • Glyptapanteles
  • Hypomicrogaster
  • Microgaster
  • Microplitis
  • Miropotes
  • Parapanteles
  • Pholetesor
  • Prasmodon
  • Promicrogaster
  • Protomicroplitis
  • Pseudapanteles
  • Rhygoplitis
  • Sathon
  • Sendaphne
  • Snellenius
  • Venanides
  • Venanus
  • Wilkinsonellus
  • Xanthomicrogaster

Microgastrinae is a subfamily of braconid wasps,[1] encompassing 2,000 described species, with an estimated 5,000-10,000 total species.[2][3] This makes it one of the most specious subfamilies of parasitoid wasps.[4]

Habitat

A known 135 species of Microgastrinae have been traced to Canada,[5][6] though the number may be as high as 275.[7] At least 28 species have been traced to Turkey in Gökçeada and Bozcaada.[8]

External Links & Media

References

  1. ^ "UniProt Consortium Taxonomy Browser" (in English). http://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/65207. Retrieved 2008-12-14. 
  2. ^ Mason, W.R.M. (1981). "The polyphyletic nature of Apanteles Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): A phylogeny and reclassification of Microgastrinae" (in English). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 115: 1–147. 
  3. ^ Whitfield, J. (1995). "Annotated checklist of the Microgastrinae of North America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 68 (3): 245–262. 
  4. ^ Fernandez, Jose L. (Fall 2007). "An overview and update of the Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) holdings in the Canadian National Collection, Ottawa" (in English). Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) (Jose L. Fernandez Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada) 26 (2). http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/news26_2/microgastrinae.htm. 
  5. ^ Marsh, P.. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington. pp. 144–313. 
  6. ^ Yu, D.; van Achterberg, K.; Horstmann, K (2005). World Ichneumonoidea 2004. Taxonomy, Biology, Morphology and Distribution. Taxapad, Vancouver. 
  7. ^ "Canada’s Insect Fauna. Hymenoptera, Braconidae". Biological Survey of Canada. 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-06-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20080629044639/http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/english/faunalanalysis.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-14. 
  8. ^ A Study on Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Gökçeada and Bozcaada. Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Trakya University. 2000. http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/issues/zoo-01-25-3/zoo-25-3-16-0001-14.pdf. 

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