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Amicrocentrinae

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Amicrocentrinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Subfamily: Amicrocentrinae
Schulz, 1912
Genera

The Amicrocentrinae are a subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps. Members of this subfamily were previously included in the Macrocentrinae.[1]

Description and distribution

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Amicrocentrinae are relatively large yellow or brown non-cyclostome braconids.[1]

This subfamily is found in Madagascar and continental Africa.[2]

Biology

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Some species within Amicrocentrinae are known to be parasitoids of large caterpillars which bore into plant stalks.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c van Achterberg, C. (1979). "Revision of the species of Amicrocentrinae, a new subfamily (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a description of the final larval instar of Amicrocentrum curvinervis by JRT Short". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 122 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ^ Madl, M.; van Achterberg, C. (2014). "A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of the Malagasy subregion" (PDF). Linz. Biol. Beitr. 46: 5–220.
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