The Braconidae are a family of parasitoid wasps. After the closely related Ichneumonidae, braconids make up the second-largest family in the order Hymenoptera, with about 17,000 recognized species and many thousands more undescribed.[1] One analysis estimated a total between 30,000 and 50,000, and another provided a narrower estimate between 42,000 and 43,000 species.[1]
A female tropical braconid ovipositing into dead wood
^ abJones, Owen R.; Purvis, Andy; Baumgart, Eligiusz; Quicke, Donald L.J. (2009). "Using taxonomic revision data to estimate the geographic and taxonomic distribution of undescribed species richness in the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea)". Insect Conservation and Diversity. 2 (3): 204–212. doi:10.1111/j.1752-4598.2009.00057.x. S2CID 86775770.
The Braconidae are a family of parasitoid wasps. After the closely related Ichneumonidae, braconids make up the second-largest family in the order Hymenoptera...
including the two largest families within Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae and Braconidae. The group is thought to contain as many as 100,000 species, many of which...
white butterfly parasite, is a small parasitoid wasp belonging to family Braconidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 publication 10th edition...
estimated to be 100,000 species of ichneumonoid wasps in the families Braconidae and Ichneumonidae. These are almost exclusively parasitoids, mostly using...
Pelicope is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There is at least one described species in Pelicope, P. yuccamica, found in California...
Macrocentrus is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are at least 180 described species in Macrocentrus. List of Macrocentrus species...
Markshawius is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are at least three described species in Markshawius. These three species belong...
previously called Paxylommatinae, and has in the past been considered part Braconidae, or a separate family altogether. Hybrizon lacks the 2m-cu crossvein present...
Hygroplitis is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are about nine described species in Hygroplitis, found in the Holarctic. These...
Protomicroplitis is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are at least three described species in Protomicroplitis, found in the New...
Philoplitis is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are about nine described species in Philoplitis, found in Africa and Indomalaya...
Gilbertnixonius is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There is at least one described species in Gilbertnixonius, G. biem, found in Thailand...
as many as 500,000 species, the Ichneumonidae 100,000 species, and the Braconidae up to 50,000 species. Host insects have evolved a range of defences against...
Rhygoplitis is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are at least four described species in Rhygoplitis, found in the New World. These...
Lathrapanteles is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are at least four described species in Lathrapanteles, found in the New World...
Brachistinae is a subfamily of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. The genera of Brachistinae were formerly classified as tribes under the subfamily...
Venanus is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are about 11 described species in Venanus, found in the New World. These 11 species...
mandibularis Thomson, 1895) is a gregarious parasitoid wasp in the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera). Several eggs are laid in lepidopteran larvae and erupt...
Xanthomicrogaster is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are about six described species in Xanthomicrogaster, found in the Neotropics...
Heerz is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are at least four described species in Heerz, found in Mexico and Central America. These...
Austinicotesia is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are at least two described species in Austinicotesia. These two species belong...
Helconinae is a subfamily of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. Helconinae has historically been a large subfamily of 4 tribes comprising about 40...
Eripnopelta is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There is at least one described species in Eripnopelta, E. ithyvena, found in China...
Prasmodon is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are about 18 described species in Prasmodon, found in the Neotropics. These 18 species...
Buluka is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are about 11 described species in Buluka, found in Indomalaya, Africa, and China. These...
Napamus is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are at least two described species in Napamus, found in the Palearctic. Recently,...
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