Helconinae | |
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Wroughtonia ligator | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Braconidae |
Subfamily: |
Helconinae Forster, 1862 |
Helconinae is a subfamily of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae.
Helconinae has historically been a large subfamily of 4 tribes comprising about 40 genera. [1] Following many changes to classification and included groups over the years, only one of these original tribes, Helconini, remains. Cenocoeliini was split into a new subfamily, Cenocoeliinae, by van Achterberg in 1984. [2] Then, the tribes Brachistini and Diospilini were split into another new subfamily, Brachistinae, by Sharanowski et al. in 2011. [3] The remaining Helconini comprise about 12 genera. [1] The Helconini subtribe Vervootihelconina was since elevated to tribal status as Vervootihelconini. The enigmatic Ussurohelconini, previously transferred to Cenocoeliinae, was again recovered as a tribe of Helconinae. [4] [3]
The following genera belong to the subfamily Helconinae:
Helconinae | |
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Wroughtonia ligator | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Braconidae |
Subfamily: |
Helconinae Forster, 1862 |
Helconinae is a subfamily of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae.
Helconinae has historically been a large subfamily of 4 tribes comprising about 40 genera. [1] Following many changes to classification and included groups over the years, only one of these original tribes, Helconini, remains. Cenocoeliini was split into a new subfamily, Cenocoeliinae, by van Achterberg in 1984. [2] Then, the tribes Brachistini and Diospilini were split into another new subfamily, Brachistinae, by Sharanowski et al. in 2011. [3] The remaining Helconini comprise about 12 genera. [1] The Helconini subtribe Vervootihelconina was since elevated to tribal status as Vervootihelconini. The enigmatic Ussurohelconini, previously transferred to Cenocoeliinae, was again recovered as a tribe of Helconinae. [4] [3]
The following genera belong to the subfamily Helconinae: