Campopleginae
| Campopleginae | |
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| Female asleep on Lactuca serriola Zwakhals ID | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Superfamily: | Ichneumonoidea |
| Family: | Ichneumonidae |
| Subfamily: | Campopleginae Förster, 1869 |
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Campopleginae is a worldwide subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae.
Campopleginae are koinobiont endoparasitoids mainly of Lepidoptera and Symphyta but also of Coleoptera and Raphidiidae. There are 65 genera and this is one of the most commonly encountered subfamilies. Many of the genera are poorly defined and difficult to identify. They are small slender black and brown insects with a compressed abdomen and clypeus confluent with the rest of the face. Some members of this subfamily possess polydna viruses which are injected into the host during oviposition.[1]
References
- Townes, H.T. (1969c): Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 3 (Lycorininae, Banchinae, Scolobatinae, Porizontinae (=Campopleginae)). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 13: 1-307.
External links
- Photos on BugGuide.net
- Diagnostic characters
- Waspweb
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