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Brachycyrtinae
Viereck, 1919
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Taxonomy
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Brachycyrtus ornatus
Description
Brachycyrtinae is a small and distinctive subfamily. Members superficially resemble small
Cryptines
or
Phygadeuontines
but can be distinguished by the short and hunched mesosoma, the body usually having a yellow pattern, the first tergite and sternite being completely fused and the distinctive wing venation (areolet long and open, 1cu-a postfurcal to the vein M, etc.). The general body shape and broad wings of brachycyrtines give them a rather "stocky" appearance.
Brachycyrtus ornatus
is the only European species.
Biology
There is very little known about the biology of Brachycyrtinae. No reliable host records exist for the European species
Brachycyrtus ornatus
, though some other species have been reared from cocoons of Chrysopids.
Distribution
Brachycyrtinae is known from all continents except Antarctica (though not mainland Africa, the only known African species was described from Madagascar).
Accepted name
Brachycyrtinae
Viereck, 1919
Original name
Brachycyrtinae
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1
]
Taxonomic level
subfamily
Synonyms
Brachycyrtini
Proterocryptini
Type
Brachycyrtus
[
2
]
Sources
(2)
[1]
Viereck, H.L. (1919). A list of families and subfamilies of the Ichneumon-flies in the superfamily Ichneumonoidea. Additions and corrections. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 32: 48,198.
cited from Taxapad
↑
[2]
Porter, C.C. (1998). [Guide to the genera of Ichneumonidae of the Neantarctic region of southern South America.] Guia de los generos de Ichneumonidae en la region neantartica del sur de Sudamerica. Opera Lilloana 42: 1–234.
cited from Taxapad
↑
Further literature
(2)
–
Broad, G.R., Shaw, M.R. & Fitton, M.G. (2018). Ichneumonid wasps: (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): Their classification and biology. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 7, Part 12. Royal Entomological Society.
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Karlsson, Dave & Magnusson, Pelle (2011). [Brachycyrtinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), a new Swedish subfamily of Ichmeumon-flies.] Brachycyrtinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), ny underfamilj brokparasitsteklar for Sverige. Entomologisk Tidskrift 132 (1): 51–54.
cited from Taxapad
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