Praon

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: Aphidiinae
Tribus: Praini
Genus: Praon
Species (68): P. abjectum – P. alaskense – P. americanum – P. artemisaphis – P. artemisicola – P. athenaeum – P. baodingense – P. barbatum – P. bicolor – P. brachycerum – P. brevepetiolatum – P. brevistigma – P. callaphis – P. capitophori – P. caricicola – P. carinum – P. cavariellae – P. cerasaphis – P. changbaishanense – P. coloradense – P. coniforme – P. coreanum – P. dorsale – P. exsoletum – P. flavicorne – P. flavinode – P. fulvum – P. gallicum – P. himalayense – P. hubeiense – P. humulaphidis – P. hyperomyzus – P. kashmirense – P. kurisakiae – P. latgerinae – P. lemantinum – P. longicorne – P. megourae – P. minor – P. mollitrichosiphi – P. muyuense – P. necans – P. nonveilleri – P. occidentale – P. orientale – P. orpheusi – P. pakistanum – P. pequodorum – P. pisiaphis – P. prunaphis – P. pubescens – P. quadratum – P. retusae – P. rhopalosiphum – P. rosaecola – P. simulans – P. spinosum – P. stagona – P. staryi – P. staticobii – P. taisetsuzanum – P. thalictri – P. unicum – P. unitum – P. uroleucon – P. volucre – P. yakimanum – P. yomenae
Name

Praon Haliday, 1833: Entom. Mag., 1 (5), 483.
Synonymy

Achoristus Ratzeburg, 1852
Aphidaria Provancher, 1886
Parapraon Stary, 1983

References
Primary references
Additional references

Ji, Z.D. & Zhang, W.Y. 1992. A study on Parapraon Stary, 1983 and descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae). Acta Entomologica Sinica 35(1): 99-104. Online. Reference page.

Praon is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are at least 70 described species in Praon.[1][2][3][4]
Praon abjectum

Species

These 75 species belong to the genus Praon:

Praon abjectum (Haliday, 1833) c g
Praon alaskense Ashmead, 1902 c g
Praon americanum (Ashmead, 1889) c g
Praon artemisaphis Smith, 1944 c g
Praon artemisicola Pike & Stary, 1997 c g
Praon athenaeum Kavallieratos & Lykouressis, 2000 c g
Praon baodingense (Ji & Zhang, 1992) c g
Praon barbatum Mackauer, 1967 c g
Praon bicolor Mackauer, 1959 c g
Praon bicolour Mackauer, 1959 g
Praon brachycerum (Ji & Zhang, 1992) c g
Praon brevepetiolatum Chiriac, 1996 c g
Praon brevistigma van Achterberg, 2006 c g
Praon callaphis Mackauer & Sullivan, 1982 c g
Praon capitophori Takada, 1968 c
Praon caricicola Mackauer, 1967 c g
Praon carinum Johnson, 1987 c g
Praon cavariellae Stary, 1971 c g
Praon cerasaphis (Fitch, 1855) c g
Praon changbaishanense Shi, 2001 c g
Praon coloradense Ashmead, 1890 c g
Praon coniforme Pike & Stary, 2000 c g
Praon coreanum Takada, 1979 c g
Praon dorsale (Haliday, 1833) c g
Praon exoletum (Nees, 1811) g
Praon exsoletum (Nees, 1811) c g
Praon flavicorne Stary, 1971 c g
Praon flavinode (Haliday, 1833) c g
Praon fulvum Pike & Stary, 2000 c g
Praon gallicum Stary, 1971 c g
Praon helleni (Stary, 1981) c g
Praon himalayense Das & Chakrabarti, 1989 c g
Praon hubeiense Chen & Shi, 1999 c g
Praon humulaphidis Ashmead, 1889 c g
Praon hyperomyzus Saha, Poddar, Das, Agarwala & Raychaudhuri, 1982 c g
Praon kashmirense Bhagat, 1982 c g
Praon kurohimense (Takada, 1968) c g
Praon latgerinae Stary & Remaudiere, 1982 c g
Praon lemantinum Gautier, 1922 c g
Praon lepelleyi Waterston, 1926 c g
Praon longicorne Marshall, 1896 c g
Praon megourae Stary, 1971 c g
Praon minor Stary, 1971 c g
Praon mollitrichosiphi Agarwala, Saha & Mahapatra, 1987 c g
Praon muyuense Shi, 2001 c g
Praon necans Mackauer, 1959 c g
Praon nipponicum (Takada, 1968) c
Praon nonveilleri Tomanovic & Kavallieratos, 2003 c g
Praon occidentale Baker, 1909 c g
Praon orientale Stary & Schlinger, 1967 c g
Praon orpheusi Kavallieratos, Athanassiou & Tomanovic, 2003 c g
Praon pakistanum Kirkland, 1979 c g
Praon pequodorum Viereck, 1917 c g
Praon pilosum (Mackauer, 1959) c g
Praon pisiaphis Chou & Xiang, 1982 c g
Praon prunaphis Chou & Xiang, 1982 c g
Praon pubescens Stary, 1961 c g
Praon quadratum Stary & Schlinger, 1967 c g
Praon retusae Tomanovic & Kavallieratos, 2002 c g
Praon rhopalosiphum Takada, 1968 c g
Praon rosaecola Stary, 1961 c g
Praon silvestre Stary, 1971 c g
Praon simulans (Provancher, 1886) c g
Praon spinosum Mackauer, 1959 c g
Praon stagona Takada & Rishi, 1980 c g
Praon staryi Kavallieratos & Lykouressis, 2000 c g
Praon taisetsuzanum Takada, 1968 c g
Praon thailandicum (Stary, 2008) c g
Praon thalictri Stary, 1985 c g
Praon unicum Smith, 1944 c g
Praon unitum Mescheloff & Rosen, 1989 c g
Praon uroleucon Tomanovic & Kavallieratos, 2003 c g
Praon volucre (Haliday, 1833) c g
Praon yakimanum Pike & Stary, 1995 c g
Praon yomenae Takada, 1968 c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[5] c = Catalogue of Life,[1] g = GBIF,[2] b = Bugguide.net[3]
References

"Browse Praon". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
"Praon". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
"Praon Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
"Praon Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.

"ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-06.

Further reading

Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D., eds. (1979). "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico". Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
Marsh, Paul M.; Shaw, Scott R.; Wharton, Robert A. (1987). "An identification manual for the North American genera of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera)". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington.