Biology:Amicrocentrinae
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Short description: Subfamily of wasps
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Braconidae |
| Subfamily: | Amicrocentrinae Schulz, 1912 |
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The Amicrocentrinae are a subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps. Members of this subfamily were previously included in the Macrocentrinae.[1]
Description and distribution
Amicrocentrinae are relatively large yellow or brown non-cyclostome braconids.[1]
This subfamily is found in Madagascar and continental Africa.[2]
Biology
Some species within Amicrocentrinae are known to be parasitoids of large caterpillars which bore into plant stalks.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 van Achterberg, C. (1979). "Revision of the species of Amicrocentrinae, a new subfamily (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a description of the final larval instar of Amicrocentrum curvinervis by JRT Short". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 122. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28227185#page/19/mode/1up.
- ↑ Madl, M.; van Achterberg, C. (2014). "A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of the Malagasy subregion". Linz. Biol. Beitr 46: 5–220. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/LBB_0046_1_0005-0220.pdf.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q20973609 entry
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