BRACONIDAE Nees, 1811
(death wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
AGATHIDINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 3 subtaxa 5 ident. refs
Agathidini
a tribe of death wasps
Tribe 3 subtaxa 3 ident. refs
ALYSIINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Male (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 12 subtaxa 46 images 23 ident. refs
APHIDIINAE
aphidiid death wasps
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 		Subfamily 2 subtaxa 10 images
BRACHISTINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
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 		Subfamily 7 subtaxa 16 images 17 ident. refs
BRACONINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 4 subtaxa 28 images 3 ident. refs
CENOCOELIINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
CHARMONTINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Male (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 1 subtaxa 25 images 1 ident. refs
CHELONINAE
carapaced death wasps
Male (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 4 subtaxa 8 images 6 ident. refs
DORYCTINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 3 subtaxa 12 images 4 ident. refs
EUPHORINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 8 subtaxa 20 images 12 ident. refs
EXOTHECINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Colastes
a genus of hymenopterans
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
GNAMPTODONTINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 ident. refs
HELCONINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
Helconini
a tribe of death wasps
Tribe 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
HOMOLOBINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 4 ident. refs
ICHNEUTINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 ident. refs
MACROCENTRINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 6 subtaxa 96 images 4 ident. refs
METEORINAE
a subfamily of braconid wasps
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 		Subfamily 9 subtaxa 174 images 8 ident. refs
MICROGASTRINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 13 subtaxa 32 images 21 ident. refs
MICROTYPINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 ident. refs
MIRACINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 ident. refs
OPIINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 3 subtaxa 18 images 1 ident. refs
ORGILINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
PAMBOLINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 3 subtaxa 3 ident. refs
Pambolini
a tribe of death wasps
Tribe 3 subtaxa 3 ident. refs
RHYSIPOLINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
RHYSSALINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Rhyssalini
a tribe of death wasps
Tribe 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
ROGADINAE
mummy wasps
Male (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 7 subtaxa 123 images 7 ident. refs
SIGALPHINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyBRACONIDAE (death wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
InfraorderParasitica (parasitoid wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Griffiths, G.C.D. Host records of Dacnusini (Hym., Braconidae) from leaf-mining Diptera .
() Tobias, V.I., Belokobylskii S.A. & Kotenko, A.G. - Sharma, B.R. (trans.) 1986 Keys to the Insects Vol III, Part IV Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Vol III (4), English translation edition, 908pp, Amerind Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
van Achterberg, C. 1997 Braconidae. An illustrated key to all subfamilies

Brachypterous, Micropterous, And Apterous

Belokobylskij, S.A. & Kula, R.R. 2012 Review of the brachypterous, micropterous, and apterous Braconidae of the cyclostome lineage (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) from the Palearctic Region Zootaxa Vol 3240: 1-62.

Generic Key

Wharton, R.A., Marsh, P.M., & Sharkey, M.J. (eds) 1997 Manual of the New World Genera of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) No 1, VI+450pp, The International Society of Hymenopterists

Nocturnal Species

Broad, G.R. 2012 Keys for the identification of British and Irish nocturnal Ichneumonidae http://nocturnalichs.myspecies.info/node/38

Pathology/Leafminers

Whitfield, J.B. & Wagner, D.L. 1991 Annotated key to the genera of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) attacking leafmining Lepidoptera in the Holarctic Region Journal of Natural History Vol 25: 733-754.

Subfamilies

Broad, G. R. & Shaw, M. 2014 Key to subfamilies of British Braconidae
Shaw, M.R. & Huddleston, T. 1991 *** Classification & biology of braconid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 7, Part 11, 126pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
van Achterberg, C. 1993 Illustrated key to the subfamilies of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) Vol 283: 1-189.
van Achterberg, C. 1990 Illustrated key to the subfamilies of the Holarctic Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) Zool. Med. Leiden Vol 64 (1): 1-20.

BRACONIDAE (death wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for BRACONIDAE (death wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 105 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for BRACONIDAE (death wasps)
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