Microgastrinae

Microgastrinae
Cotesia melanoscela
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea
Family: Braconidae
Subfamily: Microgastrinae

Microgastrinae is a subfamily of braconid wasps,[1] encompassing almost 3,000 described species, with an estimated 30,000–50,000 total species.[2] This makes it one of the richest subfamilies with the most species of parasitoid wasps.[3]

  1. ^ "UniProt Consortium Taxonomy Browser". Retrieved 2008-12-14.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Fernandez-Triana2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Fernandez, Jose L. (Fall 2007). "An overview and update of the Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) holdings in the Canadian National Collection, Ottawa". Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods). 26 (2). Jose L. Fernandez Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.