BRACONIDAE Nees, 1811
(death wasps)

Interactions where BRACONIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
cocoon is endoparasitoid host of larva Foreign Perilampus tristis a chalcid wasp Hymenoptera: Perilampidae Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Section (a), Ferrière, C. & Kerrich, G.J., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Perilampidae/Perilampus tristis/Perilampus tristisa chalcid wasplarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Braconidae/Braconidaedeath waspscocoon larva is endoparasitoid of cocoon

BRACONIDAE (death wasps) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

BRACONIDAE (death wasps) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Ferrière, C. & Kerrich, G.J., 1958Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Section (a)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol VIII, Part 2 (a), 40pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
ALYSIINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 4 subtaxa 4 trophisms 6 references
Apanteles
a genus of death wasps
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 references
APHIDIINAE
aphidiid death wasps
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Aphidius
a genus of aphid death wasps
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Asobara tabida
a death wasp
Species 6 trophisms 1 references
Aspilota intermediana
a fungicolous death wasp
Species 2 trophisms 1 references
BLACINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 2 references
BRACHISTINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 12 subtaxa 18 trophisms 4 references
BRACONINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 5 subtaxa 7 trophisms 3 references
CHARMONTINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 1 references
CHELONINAE
carapaced death wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 2 references
Chelonorhogas pulchripes
a death wasp
Species 1 references
Chorebus
a genus of death wasps
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms 1 references
Chremylus rubiginosus
a death wasp
Species 2 trophisms
Dolopsidea indagator
a death wasp
Species 1 references
DORYCTINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms 4 references
Earinus transversus
a death wasp
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
EUPHORINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 7 subtaxa 2 trophisms 14 references
EXOTHECINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 3 trophisms 3 references
Glyptocolastes bruchivorus
a death wasp
Species 1 trophisms
HELCONINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 3 subtaxa 11 references
Heterospilus hemipterus
a death wasp
Species 1 references
Heterospilus prosopidis
a death wasp
Species 3 trophisms
HOMOLOBINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 3 references
Leptopilina heterotoma
a death wasp
Species 7 trophisms 1 references
Lestricus secalis
a death wasp
Species 1 references
MACROCENTRINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 3 references
Microchelonus miscellae
a death wasp
Species 1 references
MICROGASTRINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 11 subtaxa 4 trophisms 21 references
MICROTYPINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 references
OPIINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms 1 references
Opius
a genus of hymenopterans
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms 1 references
Orthobracon hylobii
a death wasp
Species 1 trophisms
PAMBOLINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Perilitus
a genus of death wasps
Genus 4 subtaxa 24 trophisms
Phaenocarpa
a genus of death wasps
Genus 1 trophisms
Pseudavga flavicoxa
a death wasp
Species 1 trophisms 2 references
ROGADINAE
mummy wasps
Subfamily 4 subtaxa 3 trophisms 8 references
Schizoprymnus collaris
a death wasp
Species 1 references
Tanycarpa bicolor
a death wasp
Species 2 trophisms 1 references
Tanycarpa punctata
a death wasp
Species 3 trophisms 1 references
Triapsis hilaris
a death wasp
Species 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyBRACONIDAE (death wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
InfraorderParasitica (parasitoid wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for BRACONIDAE (death wasps)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Griffiths, G.C.D. Host records of Dacnusini (Hym., Braconidae) from leaf-mining Diptera .
() Tobias, V.I., Belokobylskii S.A. & Kotenko, A.G. - Sharma, B.R. (trans.) 1986 Keys to the Insects Vol III, Part IV Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Vol III (4), English translation edition, 908pp, Amerind Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
van Achterberg, C. 1997 Braconidae. An illustrated key to all subfamilies

  • Generic Key

    • Wharton, R.A., Marsh, P.M., & Sharkey, M.J. (eds) 1997 Manual of the New World Genera of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) No 1, VI+450pp, The International Society of Hymenopterists

  • Nocturnal Species

    • Broad, G.R. 2012 Keys for the identification of British and Irish nocturnal Ichneumonidae

  • Pathology/Leafminers

    • Whitfield, J.B. & Wagner, D.L. 1991 Annotated key to the genera of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) attacking leafmining Lepidoptera in the Holarctic Region Journal of Natural History Vol 25: 733-754.

  • Subfamilies

    • Broad, G. R. & Shaw, M. 2014 Key to subfamilies of British Braconidae
    Shaw, M.R. & Huddleston, T. 1991 Classification & biology of braconid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 7, Part 11, 126pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
    van Achterberg, C. 1993 Illustrated key to the subfamilies of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) Vol 283: 1-189.
    van Achterberg, C. 1990 Illustrated key to the subfamilies of the Holarctic Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) Zool. Med. Leiden Vol 64 (1): 1-20.

    BRACONIDAE (death wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

    General Literature

    Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to BRACONIDAE (death wasps):

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