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Subfamily of wasps

Acampsohelconinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Subfamily: Acampsohelconinae
Tobias, 1987
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The Acampsohelconinae are a subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps. Extant members of this subfamily were previously included in the Helconinae, Blacinae, or Sigalphinae. The four genera included are †Acampsohelcon, Afrocampsis, Canalicephalus, and Urosigalphus.

Description and distribution

Acampsohelconinae are non-cyclostome braconids with a carapace covering the metasoma. The outer hind tarsal claws are modified and much larger than the midtarsal claws.

Canalicephalus has an Indo-Australian distribution, Afrocampsis has an Afrotropical distribution, and Urosigalphus is found mostly in the New World with one species found in Japan.

Biology

Hosts and habits of most Acampsohelconinae are unknown, but members of Urosigalphus are parasitoids of seed feeding beetle grubs in the Bruchidae and Curculionidae.

References

  1. ^ van Achterberg, C. (2002). "Revision of the genus Canalicephalus Gibson and the recognition of the Acampsohelconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) as extant". Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden. 76: 347–370.
  2. ^ Wharton, Robert A.; Marsh, Paul M.; Sharkey, Michael J. (1997). Manual of the New World Genera of the Family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) (PDF). Washington DC: The International Society of Hymenopterists. p. 69. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-08-03. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
  3. VAN ACHTERBERG, C; QUICKE, D. L. J. (1990). "Afrocampsis, a new genus belonging to the Sigalphinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the afrotropical region". Afrocampsis, A New Genus Belonging to the Sigalphinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the Afrotropical Region. 64 (7–14): 155–160. ISSN 0024-0672.

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