Alysiinae

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Ichneumonoidea

Familia: Braconidae
Subfamilia: Alysiinae
Tribus: Alysiini - Dacnusini
Overview of genera

Adelphenaldis – Apiasta – Apronopa – Coeliniaspis – Coelinidea – Grammospila – Idiastoides – Leptotrema – Orthostigma –
Name

Alysiinae Leach, 1815
References

Leach, W.E. 1815. Entomology [pp. 57–172]. In: Brewster, D. (Ed). Brewster’s Edinburgh Encyclopedia. Volume IX [part I]. W. Blackwood, J. Waugh, etc., Edinburgh, 764 pp. BHL Reference page.
van Achterberg, C. 2018. Notes on Grammospila Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), with description of a new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 65: 131–140. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.65.27626 Reference page.
Fischer, M., 2014: Einige neue Arten der Dreizellen-Kieferwespen- und Madenwespen von La Réunion (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae und Opiinae). Entomofauna, 35: 101–136.
Gadallah, N.S., Ghahari, H., Peris-Felipo, F.J. & Fischer, M. 2015. An annotated catalogue of the Iranian Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Zootaxa 3974(1): 1–28. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.1.1 Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Perepechayenko, V.L. 2009: New data on the systematics of the Braconid genus Victorovita Tobias (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae). Entomological review, 89(1): 79–84. DOI: 10.1134/S0013873809010114
Peris-Felipo, F.J. & Belokobylskij, S.A. 2018. A review of the genus Apronopa van Achterberg (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) with a key to species. ZooKeys 793: 143–155. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.793.29313 Reference page.
Wharton, R.A. 2002: Revision of the Australian Alysiini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Invertebrate systematics, 16: 7–105. DOI: 10.1071/IT01012
Wharton, R.A.; Achterberg, C., van 2000: Family group names in Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea). Journal of Hymenoptera research, 9: 254–270. ISSN: 1070-9428 Internet Archive BHL BioStor
Zheng, M-L., Chen, J-H. & van Achterberg, C. 2017. First report of the genus Coeliniaspis Fischer (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) from China and Russia. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 57: 135–142. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.57.12555 Reference page.

Links

Zicha, Ondřej et al. Alysiinae – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Alysiinae – Taxon details on Fauna Europaea.

The Alysiinae are a subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps with over 1000 described species. Several species have been used in biocontrol programs. They are closely related to the Opiinae.

Description and distribution
Head of an Alysiinae wasp. The exodont mandibles are visible.

Alysiinae are small wasps, usually under 5 mm long and black or brown in color. Their mandibles are exodont, opening outwards and not overlapping. This characteristic is unique among braconids, with a few rare exceptions.

Alysiinae are found worldwide.
Biology

Alysiinae are koinobiont endoparasitoids of cyclorrhaphus Diptera. Females oviposit into host eggs or larvae. The host is allowed to develop until it forms a puparium, at which point it is killed by the wasp larva. The Alysiinae larva then pupates within the host puparium. Adults use their exodont mandibles to break free of the tough host puparium. Most species of Alysiinae are solitary, but a few are gregarious and lay multiple eggs within one host.[1]
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Genera

These 43 genera belong to the subfamily Alysiinae:

Alloea Haliday, 1833 c g
Alysia Latreille, 1804 i c g b
Alysiasta Wharton, 1980 c g b
Angelovia Zaykov, 1980 c g
Aphaereta Förster, 1862 c g b
Apronopa van Achterberg, 1980 c g
Aristelix Nixon, 1943 c g
Asobara Förster, 1862 i c g b
Asyntactus Marshall, 1896 c g
Carinthilota Fischer, 1975 c g
Chasmodon Haliday, 1838 c g b
Chorebus Haliday, 1833 i c g b
Coelinidea Viereck, 1913 c g
Coelinius Nees von Esenbeck, 1818 c g b (coelinius nees)
Cratospila Förster, 1862 c g
Dapsilarthra Förster, 1862 c g b
Dinotrema Förster, 1862 c g b
Eucoelinidea Tobias, 1971 c g
Eudinostigma Tobias, 1986 c g
Grandia Goidanich, 1936 c g
Idiasta Foerster c g
Lodbrokia Hedqvist, 1962 c g
Mesocrina Förster, 1862 c g b
Oenonogastra Ashmead, 1900 c g b
Orthostigma Ratzeburg, 1844 c g b
Panerema Förster, 1862 c g
Pentapleura Förster, 1862 c g b
Phaenocarpa Förster, 1862 i c g b
Phasmalysia Tobias, 1971 c g
Protochorebus Perepetchayenko, 1997 c g
Protodacnusa Griffiths, 1964 c g
Pseudopezomachus Mantero, 1905 c g
Pterusa Fischer, 1958 c g
Regetus Papp, 1999 c g
Sarops Nixon, 1942 c g
Symphanes Förster, 1862 c g
Synaldis Förster, 1862 c g
Syncrasis Förster, 1862 c g
Tanycarpa Förster, 1862 c g
Tates Nixon, 1943 c g
Terebrebus Tobias, 1999 c g
Trachionus Haliday, 1833 c g b
Trachyusa Ruthe, 1854 c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[4] b = Bugguide.net[5]
References

Wharton, Robert A.; Marsh, Paul M.; Sharkey, Michael J. (1997). Manual of the New World Genera of the Family Braconidae (Hymenoptera). Washington DC: The International Society of Hymenopterists.
"ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-05-14.
"Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-05-14.
"GBIF". Retrieved 2018-05-14.
"Alysiinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-14.