Subfamily Charmontinae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited

Braconid Wasp - Charmon extensor - 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 Charmontinae

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Charmontinae van Achterberg, 1979. See Discussion of taxonomic placement here

Numbers

1 genus in our area (Charmon)(1), 2 worldwide(2)

Size

large. Generally over 5 mm. excluding ovipositor.

Identification

Similar to Macrocentrus, but lacks peg-like teeth on trochantellus. Fore wing vein r-m absent, resulting cell 1Rs being indistinct.

Range

Northern Canada to northern Mexico.

Food

In North America, reared from at least 13 species of Tortricidae, 5 species of Gelechiidae, 1 species of Oecophoridae, and 1 species of Pyralidae. (Wharton, R.A. 1997. In:(1)).

Life Cycle

Solitary koinobiont endoparasitoids.

Remarks

Dr. van Achterberg says the Charmontinae are the sister group of the Macrocentrinae. According to Sharonowski et al.(3), the subfamily falls within a group of 15 other braconid subfamilies, including Macrocentrinae, in which relationships with one another are uncertain

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.

2.	Charmon ramagei sp. Nov., a new Charmontinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Reunion, with a synopsis of world species Pascal Rousse. 2013. Zootaxa 3626(4):583-588.

3.	Molecular phylogenetics of Braconidae (Hym.:Ichneumonoidea) based on multiple nuclear genes, and implications for classification Sharonowsky B.J., Ashley P.G., Dowling P.G., Sharkey M.J. 2011. Systematic Entomology 36: 549-572.

Contributed by Bob Carlson on 28 October, 2012 - 10:35am
Additional contributions by josephfortier, PaleoJon, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 2 July, 2023 - 9:54pm

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