Homolobinae

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: Homolobinae
Genera: Exasticolus – Homolobus – Westwoodiella
Name

Homolobinae
Synonyms

Westwoodiellinae van Achterberg, 1992

References

Achterberg, C., van 1992: Revisionary notes on the subfamily Homolobinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Zoologische mededelingen, 66: 359–368. ISSN: 0024-0672
Chou, L-y.; Hsu, T-c. 1995: The Braconidae (Hymenoptera) of Taiwan VI. Charmontinae, Homolobinae and Xiphozelinae. Journal of agricultural research of China, 44: 357–378. PDF

The Homolobinae are a subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps. The subfamily Charmontinae was previously included within Homolobinae as the tribe Charmontini.[1]

Description and distribution

Homolobines are relatively large braconids, often resembling species of Macrocentrinae. They have non-cyclostome mouth parts. Many are pale in coloration with large eyes and long tibial spurs on the hind leg. They can be separated from macrocentrines by the presence of an occipital carinae, which is a ridge along the back of the head.
Biology

Homolobines are koinobiont endoparasitoids of caterpillars. Females lay a single egg on each host. Most recorded hosts are in the families Noctuidae and Geometridae. Most species of Homolobinae are nocturnal.[2]
References

Sharanowski BJ, Dowling APG, Sharkey MJ. 2011. Molecular phylogenetics of Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), based on multiple nuclear genes, and implications for classification. Systematic Entomology 36: 549-572.
Wharton, Robert A.; Marsh, Paul M.; Sharkey, Michael J. (1997). Manual of the New World Genera of the Family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) (PDF). Washington DC: The International Society of Hymenopterists.