Campopleginae
| Campopleginae | |
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| Female asleep on Lactuca serriola Zwakhals ID | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Superfamily: | Ichneumonoidea |
| Family: | Ichneumonidae |
| Subfamily: | Campopleginae Förster, 1869 |
Campopleginae is a worldwide subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae.
Campopleginae are koinobiont endoparasitoids mainly of Lepidoptera and Symphyta but also of Coleoptera Raphidiidae There are 65 genera and this is one of the most commonly encountered subfamilies. Many of the genera are poorly defined and difficult to identify.They are small slender black insects with a compressed abdomen and the clypeus is confluent with the rest of the face.
References
- Townes, H.T. (1969c): Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 3 (Lycorininae, Banchinae, Scolobatinae, Porizontinae (=Campopleginae)). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 13: 1-307.
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