| Amicrocentrinae | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Hymenoptera | 
| Family: | Braconidae | 
| Subfamily: | Amicrocentrinae Schulz, 1912 | 
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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
- 1 2 3 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 โ via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- โ Madl, M.; van Achterberg, C. (2014). "A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of the Malagasy subregion" (PDF). Linz. Biol. Beitr. 46: 5โ220.
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