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Subfamily Collyriinae

Collyria coxator - female
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 Ichneumonidae (Ichneumonid Wasps)
Subfamily Collyriinae
Numbers
A single small Palaearctic genus with 9 spp., represented in NA by one introduced species(1)(2)
Size
Fore wing length 5.0-6.8 mm
Range
Palearctic; in NA, ON and ne. US(1)
Food
Hosts include various Cephidae(1)
Life Cycle
The eggs are laid into the eggs of the host; the adults emerge from the host's cocoon(1)
Works Cited
1.Carlson R.W. () Ichneumonidae catalog
2.Genera Ichneumonorum Nearcticae (2014)
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 22 October, 2008 - 3:33pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Bob Carlson
Last updated 4 February, 2010 - 10:18pm

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