The Ichneutinae are a subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps.[1]

Ichneutinae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Subfamily: Ichneutinae
Foerster, 1863
Tribes

Ichneutini
Muesebeckiini
Proteropini

Description and distribution

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Ichneutines are small to medium-sized, non-cyclostome braconids. They lack an occipital carina (ridge on the back of the head).

They have a cosmopolitan distribution.[2]

Biology

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Ichneutines are all solitary, koinobionont parasitoids which oviposit into host eggs, but complete development once the host has become a larva. Members of the tribes Ichneutini and Proteropini attack sawfly larvae, especially in the families Argidae and Tenthredinidae. Members of Muesebeckiini target Lepidopteran leaf-miners.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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 2017-12-05.
  2. ^ H., Goulet; J.T., Huber (1993). "Hymenoptera of the world: An identification guide to families". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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