Sigalphinae

Sigalphinae
Sigalphus bicolor from Warren County, Virginia, USA
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Subfamily: Sigalphinae
Blanchard, 1845
Genera

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Sigalphinae is a subfamily of braconid wasps, containing 8 genera and less than 50 described species.

Description

Species in the subfamily Sigalphinae are rare but have a worldwide distribution. They can be distinguished from other subfamilies of Braconidae by the combination of the hindwing with vein CUb present, the forewing with vein M + CU tubular and second submarginal cell longer than wide, the petiole with a pair of longitudinal carinae, and a metasoma that is not laterally compressed.

All species with known hosts are koinobiont endoparasitoids which attack larval Lepidoptera from the families Noctuidae (most species) and Geometridae (Minanga patriciamadrigalae).

Genera

The following are the currently accepted genera placed in Sigalphinae:

References

  1. 1 2 Wharton, Robert; Marsh, Paul; Sharkey, Michael (1997). Manual Of The New World Genera Of The Family Braconidae (Hymenoptera). Washington DC: The International Society of Hymenopterists. ISBN 978-0692944820.
  2. 1 2 3 Sharkey, Michael J.; Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria; Smith, M. Alex; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel (2019). "Synopsis of New World Sigalphinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with the description of two new species and a key to genera". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 68: 1–11. doi:10.3897/jhr.68.30131. hdl:10214/29784. ISSN 1314-2607.
  3. 1 2 3 van Achterberg, Cornelis; Austin, A. D. (1992-01-01). "Revision of the genera of the subfamily Sigalphinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), including a revision of the Australian species". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 280 (1): 1–44.