Amicrocentrinae

Life-forms

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: Amicrocentrinae
Genera: Amicrocentrum – Platyxanion
Name

Amicrocentrinae van Achterberg, 1979

Type genus: Amicrocentrum Schulz, 1911 [stem = Amicrocentr-]
References
cited sources

van Achterberg, C., van 1979. A revision of the species of Amicrocentrinae, a new subfamily (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a description of the final larval instar of Amicrocentrum curvinervis by J.R.T. Short. Tijdschrift voor entomologie, 122: 1–28. PDF

Additional references

Wharton, R.A. & van Achterberg, C., van 2000. Family group names in Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea). ISSN 1070-9428Journal of Hymenoptera research 9: 254–270. Internet Archive BHL BioStor

The Amicrocentrinae are a subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps. Members of this subfamily were previously included in the Macrocentrinae.[1]

Description and distribution

Amicrocentrinae are relatively large yellow or brown non-cyclostome braconids.[1]

This subfamily is found in Madagascar and continental Africa.[2]

Biology

Some species within Amicrocentrinae are known to be parasitoids of large caterpillars which bore into plant stalks.[1]

References

van Achterberg, C. (1979). "Revision of the species of Amicrocentrinae, a new subfamily (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a description of the final larval instar of Amicrocentrum curvinervis by JRT Short". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 122 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Madl, M.; van Achterberg, C. (2014). "A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of the Malagasy subregion" (PDF). Linz. Biol. Beitr. 46: 5–220.