Subfamily Acaenitinae

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Internet References

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (parasitic Apocrita)

Superfamily Ichneumonoidea (Braconids and Ichneumons)

Family Ichneumonidae (Ichneumon Wasps)

Subfamily Acaenitinae

Size

5 to 20 mm

Identification

Female hypopygium, which is large and triangular, folded on the midline,

Range

Worldwide

Food

Feed on wood boring insects, Coleoptera and Lepidoptera.

Internet References

The American Entomological Institute

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 22 February, 2006 - 5:28pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 28 September, 2009 - 8:21am

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