Cenocoeliinae

Description

Cenocoeliinae is a small subfamily of braconids with a distinctive appearance. They are rather usually stout wasps, with long ovipositors and the abdomen inserted uniquely high up on the propodeum. Otherwise members tend to superficially resemble members of the related subfamily Cheloninae which share the diagnostic character of a complete complete postpectal carina of the mesosternum (though Cenocoeliinae lack the rigid abdominal carapace that is typical of Cheloninae).

Ecology

Parasitoids of wood- and bark-boring Coleoptera, some neotropical species known to parasitize seed-eating Coleoptera.

Distribution

Near cosmopolitan distribution, though not known from the Aftrotropical region.

References

C. van Achterberg. (1994) Generic revision of the subfamily Cenocoeliinae Szépligeti (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Zool. Verh. Leiden 292,15.vii.1994:1-52, figs 1-133

SLU Artdatabanken (2024). Artfakta: Cenocoeliinae. https://artfakta.se/taxa/1014418 [2024-04-24]

Finlands Artdatacenter (2024). LAJI.FI: Cenocoeliinae. https://laji.fi/sv/taxon/MX.297816/images [2024-04-24]

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