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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) » Microgastrinae » Microplitis

Genus Microplitis

Classification · Pronunciation · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Wasp/Sawfly? - Microplitis Geometrid Moths caterpillar - Microplitis Microplitis wings - Microplitis - male ? - Microplitis Braconid - Microplitis unknown parasite on hornworm - Microplitis Microplitis - female Microplitis - 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 Braconidae (Braconid Wasps)
Subfamily Microgastrinae
Genus Microplitis
Pronunciation
my crow PLY tiss
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Microplitis Foerster 1862
Numbers
about 238 species world wide (Dicky Sick Ki Yu 2012[cite:1090640])
Size
3-5 mm
Identification
see Microgastrinae ID characteristics
areola (2nd submarginal cell) present; vein r-m sometimes faint (spectral)
1st metasomal tergite (apparent 1st abdominal dorsum) broadly concave antero-medially; without strong, relatively narrow antero-median longitudinal groove.
propodeum often strongly sculptured, often with at least traces of a median carina.
female ovipositor short; setae concentrated at apex. (Whitfield, J.B. 1997. Family Microgastrinae. In:(1))
Range
Cosmopolitan, common (Whitfield, J.B. 1997. In:(1)
Food
Larvae feed on moth caterpillars, especially those of families Noctuidae and Sphingidae.
Life Cycle
All are koinobiont endoparasitoids. Some are gregarious while others are solitary. Click here for life cycle terminology.
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 Charley Eiseman on 12 December, 2008 - 6:52pm
Additional contributions by josephfortier
Last updated 25 June, 2015 - 10:59pm

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