Diolcogaster

Diolcogaster is a genus of parasitoid wasps within the subfamily Microgastrinae of the family Braconidae. The genus is poorly studied, likely with multiple undescribed species.[1][2] The type species is Diolcogaster melligaster (Provancher, 1886), formerly Microgaster melligaster.[3] Species in this genus parasitize lepidopterans and are geographically widespread. There are more than 140 described species in Diolcogaster found throughout the world.[3][4]

Diolcogaster
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Subfamily: Microgastrinae
Genus: Diolcogaster
Ashmead, 1900
Diversity
At least 140 species

See also

References
  1. Fernández-Triana, Jose L. (2010). "Eight new species and an annotated checklist of Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from Canada and Alaska". ZooKeys (63): 1–53. doi:10.3897/zookeys.63.565. PMC 3088399. PMID 21594019. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. Fernandez-Triana, Jose (2018). "Ten unique and charismatic new species of Microgastrinae wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from North America". ZooKeys (730): 121–148. doi:10.3897/zookeys.730.22869. PMC 5799786. PMID 29416399. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. Zeng, Jie; He, Jun-hua; Chen, Xue-xin (2011). "The genus Diolcogaster Ashmead, 1900 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from China". ZooKeys (129): 49–87. doi:10.3897/zookeys.129.1201. PMC 3175147. PMID 21998555.
  4. Fernandez-Triana, Jose; Shaw, Mark R.; Boudreault, Caroline; Beaudin, Melanie; et al. (2020). "Annotated and illustrated world checklist of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)". ZooKeys. 920. doi:10.3897/zookeys.920.39128.


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