Biosteres

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: Opiinae
Genus: Biosteres
Species: B. pavititus
Name

Biosteres Foerster, 1862

Type species: Bracon carbonarius Nees, 1834 (by original designation)
Synonymy

Rhinoplus Foerster, 1862
Type species: Rhinoplus laevigatus Arnold Foerster, 1862 (by original designation).
Rhabdospilus Foerster, 1862
Type species: Opius placidus Alexander Henry Haliday, 1837 (by original designation)
Zetetes Foerster, 1862
Type species: Zetetes ultor Arnold Foerster, 1862
Stenospilus Foerster, 1862
Type species: Stenospilus vagator Arnold Foerster, 1862 [= Opius bicolor Wesmael, 1835 (by original designation)
Opiellus Ashmead, 1900 (replacement name for Zetetes Foerster, 1862)
Type species: Zetetes ultor Arnold Foerster, 1862 (by implication)
Celiestiella [[Peter Cameron|Cameron, 1903
Type species: Celiestiella testaceipes Peter Cameron, 1903 (by monotypy)

References
Additional references

Li, X.-Y., Achterberg, C. van & Tan, J.-C. 2013. Revision of the subfamily Opiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from Hunan (China), including thirty-six new species and two new genera. ZooKeys 268: 1–186. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.268.4071 Open access Reference page.
Chen, J.-H. & Weng, R.Q. 2005: Systematic Studies on Opiinae of China (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Fujian Science and Technology Publishing House: 1-269. Reference page.

Biosteres is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Braconidae.[1]

The genus was first described by Förster in 1862.[1]

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

Species:

Biosteres carbonarius
Biosteres wesmaelii

References

"Biosteres Förster, 1862". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 18 February 2021.