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Subfamily Acampsohelconinae

wasp - Urosigalphus - female Unknown Wasp Depositing Eggs - Urosigalphus - female Unknown Brachanid Wasp - Urosigalphus Parasitic Wasp with weird opening under abdomen - Urosigalphus Parasitic Wasp with weird opening under abdomen - Urosigalphus Male, Urosigalphus? - Urosigalphus - male Male, Urosigalphus? - Urosigalphus - male Female, Urosigalphus? - Urosigalphus - 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 Acampsohelconinae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Urosigalphus Ashmead 1889, formerly treated in Helconinae, along with 2 other genera, was transferred to Acampsohelconinae, a subfamily previously known from fossils only.(1)
Explanation of Names
Acampsohelconinae Tobias, 1987
Numbers
36 spp. in a single genus in our area; 3 extant genera in 2 tribes and 1 extinct genus in 1 tribe worldwide
Remarks
Subfamily outline:

†Acampsohelconini
†Acampsohelcon
Afrocampsini
Afrocampsis
Urosigalphini
Canalicephalus
Urosigalphus
Works Cited
1.Revision of the genus Canalicephalus Gibson and the recognition of the Acampsohelconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) as extant
Achterberg, C. van. 2002. Zoologische Mededelingen 76 (20).
Contributed by Bob Carlson on 3 December, 2013 - 6:12pm
Additional contributions by josephfortier, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 12 April, 2024 - 3:17am

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