Phrudinae
| Phrudinae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Superfamily: | Ichneumonoidea |
| Family: | Ichneumonidae |
| Subfamily: | Phrudinae Ashmead,1900 |
Phrudinae is a worldwide subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae
Phrudinae are not a natural clade.They are rarely collected and their biology is largely unknown. Two genera have been reared as endoparasitoids of Coleoptera larvae.There are 12 genera.
References
- Townes, H.T. (1971): Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 4 (Cremastinae, Phrudinae, Tersilochinae, Ophioninae, Mesochorinae, Metopiinae, Anomalinae, Acaenitinae, Microleptinae, Orthopelmatinae, Collyriinae, Orthocentrinae, Diplazontinae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 17: 1-372.