Xoridinae

Xoridinae
Xorides the type genus of the subfamily Xoridinae.From British Entomology
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subfamily: Adelognathinae
Shuckard 1840

Xoridinae are a worldwide subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae.

Xoridinae are idiobiont ectoparasitoids of wood‑boring Coleoptera and Hymenoptera (Symphyta). Most parasitize larvae.There are four genera.

In general aspect the better-known Xoridinae are large robust black and orange insects with a large tooth on the hind femora. Like their hosts they are woodland species.

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