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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) » Helconinae

Subfamily Helconinae

Classification · Pronunciation · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited
Ichneumon Wasp - Wroughtonia - female Red and black braconid with white antenna stripe - Wroughtonia ligator - female Red and black braconid with white antenna stripe - Wroughtonia ligator - female Wasp - female Wroughtonia - male Braconidae - Wroughtonia? - Wroughtonia Braconid wasp - Helconinae - Wroughtonia necydalidis - female Helconinae - Wroughtonia - 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 Helconinae
Pronunciation
hell kon EYN ee
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Prior to Sharanowski et al. 2011, the present Helconinae was 1 of 3 tribes under the former Helconinae: Helconini. The other two tribes, Brachistini and Diospilini, were subsumed under the new subfamily Brachistinae, while Helconini promoted to subfamily status.
Prior to van Achterberg (1984), yet another additional tribe, Cenocoeliini, was included. This tribe was elevated to subfamily status as Cenocoeliinae.
Numbers
14 spp. in 3 genera* in North America
* Genus not yet in the guide: Eumacrocentrus (1 sp.)
Size
5 mm or more
Identification
See general braconid identification
Fore wing with anterior edge of 2nd submarginal cell narrowed (Wroughtonia, Helcon)
Fore wing with 2 anal cross veins (see above wing diagram)
Hind wing with 1 anal cross vein (see above wing diagram)
Range
World wide. In the New World, restricted to temperate areas. 2 species as far south as Mexico, and some Neotropical species of Helcon as far north as Parana, Brazil. (Sharkey, M.J. 1997 Subfamily Helconinae In:(1))
Food
Cerambycidae larvae and perhaps larvae of other wood boring beetles (Sharkey, M.J. 1997. Subfamily Helconinae. In:(1)
Life Cycle
Solitary endoparasitoids
Print References
Sharanowski et al. 2011. Molecular phylogenetics of Braconidae (Hymenoptera:Ichneumonoidea), based on multiple nuclear genes, and implications for classification. (with downloadable 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 v belov on 9 December, 2009 - 3:20pm
Additional contributions by josephfortier, PaleoJon
Last updated 4 May, 2024 - 7:42pm

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