Euphorinae

The Euphorinae are a large subfamily of Braconidae parasitoid wasps. Some species have been used for biological pest control. They are sister group to the Meteorinae.

Euphorinae
Peristenus digoneutis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Subfamily: Euphorinae
Förster, 1862
Tribes

Several, see text

Pygostolus

Description and distribution

Euphorines are small, usually dark colored wasps. They are non-cyclostomes. Euphorines are found worldwide.[1]

Biology

Euphorines are solitary or rarely gregarious koinobiont endoparasitoids. Unlike most other parasitoid wasps, Euphorinae have a broad host range and attack adult insects or nymphs of hemimetabolous insects.

Wasps of the tribe Dinocampini parasitize adult beetles.[2] Its four genera are Dinocampus Foerster, Ropalophorous Curtis, Centistina Enderlein, and Betelgeuse.[2]

Tribes

Representative tribes of Euphorinae are Centistini, Cosmophorini, Cryptoxilonini, Dinocampini, Euphorini, Helorimorphini, Meteorini, Myiocephalini, Oncometeorini, Perilitini, Proclithrophorini, Syntretini, and Tainitermini.

Genera

These 36 genera belong to the subfamily Euphorinae:

  • Allurus Förster, 1862 c g
  • Aridelus Marshall, 1887 c g b
  • Bracteodes De Saeger, 1946 c g
  • Centistes Haliday, 1835 c g
  • Centistina Enderlein, 1912 c g
  • Chrysopophthorus Goidanich, 1948 c g b
  • Cosmophorus Ratzeburg, 1848 c g
  • Cryptoxilos Viereck, 1911 c g b
  • Dinocampus Förster, 1862 c g b
  • Eadya Huddleston & Short, 1978 c g
  • Ecclitura Kokujev, 1902 c g
  • Elasmosoma Ruthe, 1858 c g b
  • Euphoriella Ashmead, 1900 g b
  • Euphorus Nees, 1834 g
  • Kollasmosoma van Achterberg & Argaman, 1993 c g
  • Leiophron Nees von Esenbeck, 1818 c g b
  • Marshiella Shaw, 1985 c g
  • Meteorus Haliday, 1835 c g b
  • Microctonus Wesmael, 1835 c g b
  • Myiocephalus Marshall, 1897 c g
  • Neoneurus Haliday, 1838 c g b
  • Perilitus Nees von Esenbeck, 1818 c g
  • Peristenus Foerster, 1862 g b
  • Proclithrophorus Tobias & Belokobylskij, 1981 c g
  • Pygostolus Haliday c g b
  • Rilipertus Haeselbarth, 1996 c g
  • Ropalophorus Curtis, 1837 c g
  • Spathicopis van Achterberg, 1977 c g
  • Stenothremma Shaw, 1984 c g
  • Streblocera Westwood, 1833 c g
  • Syntretellus De Saeger, 1946 c g
  • Syntretoriana Parrott, 1953 c g
  • Syntretus Förster, 1862 c g b
  • Townesilitus Haeselbarth & Loan, 1983 g b
  • Wesmaelia Förster, 1862 c g
  • Zele Curtis, 1832 c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[6]

References
  1. Wharton, Robert A.; Marsh, Paul M.; Sharkey, Michael J. (1997). Manual of the New World Genera of the Family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) (PDF). Washington DC: The International Society of Hymenopterists. p. 69.
  2. Shaw, Scott Richard (1988). "A new Mexican genus and species of Dinocampini with serrate antennae (Hymenoptera; Braconidae; Euphorinae)" (PDF). Psyche. 95: 289–298. doi:10.1155/1988/98545. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  3. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  4. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  5. "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  6. "Euphorinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-15.


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