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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Alysiinae » Dacnusini » Coelinius Nees (Coelinius)

Genus Coelinius - Coelinius Nees

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Ichneumonoidea (Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps)
Family Braconidae (Braconid Wasps)
Subfamily Alysiinae
Tribe Dacnusini
Genus Coelinius (Coelinius Nees)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Coelinidea Viereck (Riegel 1982)
Explanation of Names
Presently, Coelinius Nees 1819
Numbers
About 40 described New World species (but see Kula, R.R. 2008)
Size
About 2-4 mm.
Identification
Click here for ID of Braconidae
exodont mandibles
vein r-m absent (Click here for vein r-m present)
vein RS reaching wing costal margin far short of wing apex; marginal cell short (Wharton, R.A. 1997. In:(1))
Range
Canada to Mexico.
Food
Larvae feed on larvae and pupae of the dipteran (fly) family Chloropidae.
Life Cycle
Larval-pupal koinobiont endoparasitoids of Chloropidae. Click here for explanation of terms and of wasp parasitism.
Print References
Riegel, G.T. 1982. The American species of Dacnusinae, excluding certain Dacnusini (Hymenoptera: Braconide). Novitates Arthropodae 1:1-185.
Internet References
Kula, R.R. 2008. Taxonomic Status and Location of Type Specimens for Species of Coelinidea Viereck and Sarops Nixon (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae) Described by Garland T. Riegel. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 17(2), pp. 138-156. URL= http://naldc.nal.usda.gov/naldc/download.xhtml?id=32101&content=PDF
Works Cited
1.Manual of the New World Genera of the Family Braconidae (Hymenoptera)
Wharton, R.A., P.M. Marsh, M.J. Sharkey (Eds). 1997. International Society of Hymenopterists.
Contributed by Joe on 18 June, 2015 - 8:52pm

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