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Homolobinae

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Homolobinae
Exasticolus sigifredomarini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Subfamily: Homolobinae

The Homolobinae are a subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps.

Taxonomy and phylogeny

The subfamily Charmontinae was previously included within Homolobinae as the tribe Charmontini.[1]

Description and identification

Homolobines are relatively large braconids, often resembling species of Macrocentrinae. They have non-cyclostome mouth parts. Many are pale in coloration with large eyes and long tibial spurs on the hind leg. They can be separated from macrocentrines by the presence of an occipital carina, which is a ridge along the back of the head.

Biology

Homolobines are koinobiont endoparasitoids of caterpillars. Females lay a single egg on each host. Most recorded hosts are in the families Noctuidae and Geometridae. Most species of Homolobinae are nocturnal.[2]

Genera

There are 3 genera of Homolobinae, which are arranged as follows:[3]

Tribe Homolobini van Achterberg, 1979

Westwoodiellini van Achterberg, 1992

References

  1. ^ Sharanowski BJ, Dowling APG, Sharkey MJ. 2011. Molecular phylogenetics of Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), based on multiple nuclear genes, and implications for classification. Systematic Entomology 36: 549-572.
  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.
  3. ^ Gadallah, Neveen Samy; Ghahari, Hassan; Quicke, Donald L.J.; Sharkey, Michael J.; Shaw, Scott Richard (2022). "17. Subfamily Homolobinae van Achterberg, 1979". In Gadallah, Neveen Samy; Ghahari, Hassan; Shaw, Scott Richard (eds.). Braconidae of the Middle East (Hymenoptera) Taxonomy, Distribution, Biology, and Biocontrol Benefits of Parasitoid Wasps. Elsevier Science. p. 360-363. doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-96099-1.00010-8.
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