Microgastrinae

Overview of genera

Agupta – Alphomelon – Apanteles – Austinicotesia – Beyarslania – Billmasonius – Carlmuesebeckius – Clarkinella – Cotesia – Deuterixys – Diolcogaster – Distatrix – Dolichogenidea – Eripnopelta – Exix – Exoryza – Gilbertnixonius – Glyptapanteles – Hygroplitis – Hypomicrogaster – Iconella – Illidops – Janhalacaste – Jenopappius – Jimwhitfieldius – Keylimepie – Kiwigaster – Kotenkosius – Lathrapanteles – Mariapanteles – Markshawius – Microgaster – Microplitis – Neoclarkinella – Notogaster – Ohenri – Parapanteles – Paroplitis – Pelicope – Philoplitis – Pholetesor – Protapanteles – Promicrogaster – Protomicroplitis – Pseudapanteles – Pseudofornicia – Qrocodiledundee – Rasivalva – Rhygoplitis – Sathon – Shireplitis – Silvaspinosus – Teremys – Tobleronius – Ungunicus – Venanides – Venanus – Wilkinsonellus – Ypsilonigaster – Zachterbergius

Additional references

• Dowton, M.; Austin, A.D. 1998: Phylogenetic relationships among the microgastroid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): combined analysis of 16S and 28S rDNA genes and morphological data. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 10: 354–366. DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1998.0533
• Fernández-Triana, J.L. 2010: Eight new species and an annotated checklist of Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from Canada and Alaska. ZooKeys, 63: 1–53. ISSN: 1313-2970 (online) ISSN: 1313-2989 (print) DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.63.565
• Fernandez-Triana, J.L. 2023. Contributions to the world fauna of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) – Introduction. Zookeys 1175ː 1–3. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1175.108529 Reference page. 
• Fernandez-Triana, J.L. & Boudreault, C. 2016. Keylimepie peckorum gen. n. and sp. n., (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from southern Florida, U.S., the first known brachypterous member of the subfamily Microgastrinae. ZooKeys 584: 95–107. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.584.8319. Reference page. 
• Fernandez-Triana, J.L. & Boudreault, C. 2018. Seventeen new genera of microgastrine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from tropical areas of the world. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 64: 25–140. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.64.25453 Reference page. 
• Fernandez-Triana, J.L., Boudreault, C., Buffam, J. & Maclean, R. 2016. A biodiversity hotspot for Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in North America: annotated species checklist for Ottawa, Canada. ZooKeys 633: 1–93. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.633.10480. Reference page. 
• Fernández-Triana, J.L., Buffam, J., Beaudin, M., Davis, H., Fernández-Galliano, A., Griffin, E., Lin, S-Y., McAulay, M.K., Richter, R., Rodriguez, F. & Várkonyi, G. 2017. An annotated and illustrated checklist of Microgastrinae wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and Greenland. ZooKeys 691: 49—101. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.691.14491. Reference page. 
• Fernández-Triana, J.L. & Ward, D.F. 2020. Notogaster, a new genus of Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from New Zealand. Zootaxa 4801(2): 251–279. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4801.2.3 Reference page. 
• Fernández-Triana, J.L.; Ward, D.F.; Whitfield, J.B. 2011: Kiwigaster gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from New Zealand: the first Microgastrinae with sexual dimorphism in number of antennal segments. Zootaxa, 2932: 24–32. Preview
• Gadallah, N.S., Ghahari, H. & Peris-Felipo, F.J. 2015. Catalogue of the Iranian Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Zootaxa 4043(1): 1–69. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4043.1.1 Preview (PDF). ISBN 978-1-77557-831-4 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-832-1 (Online edition). Reference page. 
• Gadallah, N.S., Ghahari, H. & Peris-Felipo, F.J. 2016. Erratum. NEVEEN S. GADALLAH, HASSAN GHAHARI & FRANCISCO JAVIER PERIS-FELIPO (2015) Catalogue of the Iranian Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Zootaxa, 4043(1): 001–069. Zootaxa 4067(5): 600–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4067.5.10 Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Gupta, A. 2013: Three new species of reared parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from India. Zootaxa 3701(3): 365–380. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3701.3.6 Reference page. 
• Höcherl, A., Shaw, M.R., Boudreault, C., Rabl, D., Haszprunar, G., Raupach, M.J., Schmidt, S., Baranov, V. & Fernández-Triana, J. 2024. Scratching the tip of the iceberg: integrative taxonomy reveals 30 new species records of Microgastrinae (Braconidae) parasitoid wasps for Germany, including new Holarctic distributions. ZooKeys 1188: 305–386. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1188.112516 Reference page. 
• Murphy, N.; Banks, J.C.; Whitfield, J.B.; Austin, A.D. 2008: Phylogeny of the parasitic microgastroid subfamilies (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) based on sequence data from seven genes, with an improved time estimate of the origin of the lineage. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 47: 378–395. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.01.022
• Austin, A.D.; Dangerfield, P.C. 1992: Synopsis of Australasian Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), with a key to genera and description of new taxa. Invertebrate taxonomy, 6: 1–76.
• Koçak, A.Ö.; Kemal, M. 2009: A replacement name in the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara miscellaneous papers, 147-148: 14. Internet Archive
• Li, X.-Y. ; J.-C. Tan & D.-B. Song, 2009: A New Species of Microplitis Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) of China. Entomotaxonomia 31(3): 225–229. Abstract: .
• Mason, W.R.M. 1981: The polyphyletic nature of Apanteles Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): a phylogeny and reclassification of Microgastrinae. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, (115)
• Rousse, P.; Gupta, A. 2013: Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local species, including 18 new taxa and a key to species. Zootaxa 3616(6): 501–547. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.6.1 Reference page. 
• Shaw, M.R., Höcherl, A. & Fernandez-Triana, J. 2024. An illustrated key to European genera of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with a recent historical and biological perspective and a guide to available species-level identification resources. ZooKeys 1212: 285–316. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1212.126155 Reference page. 
• van Achterberg, K., Long, K.D., Chen, X-X. & You, L-S. 2015. Pseudofornicia gen. n. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), a new Indo-Australian genus and one new species from Vietnam. Zookeys 524: 89–102. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.524.6158 Full article Reference page. 
• Xiong, Y-H., van Achterberg, C. & Chen, X-X. 2017. A new genus of the tribe Cotesiini Mason (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from China. Zootaxa 4324(2): 391–396. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.2.12. Reference page. 
• Zargar, M., Gupta, A., Talebi, A.A. & Farahani, S. 2019. A review of the Iranian species of genus Iconella Mason (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4586(3): 491–504. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.3.6 Reference page. 

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