Bracon Fabricius, 1804
(a genus of braconine death wasps)

Interactions where Bracon is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Cheilosia a genus of hoverflies Diptera: Syrphidae Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe, Rotheray, G.E., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Braconidae/Bracon/Bracona genus of braconine death waspslarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Syrphidae/Cheilosia/Cheilosiaa genus of hoverflieslarva

Author & YearTitleSource
Rotheray, G.E., 1993Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and EuropeDiperists Digest Dipterists Digest No. 9.

Bracon (a genus of braconine death wasps) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Bracon (a genus of braconine death wasps) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Bracon erraticus
a braconid wasp
Species 1 trophisms
Bracon fuscipennis
a braconid wasp
Species 1 trophisms
Bracon guttiger
a braconid wasp
Species 2 trophisms
Bracon hylobii
a hymenopteran
Species 1 trophisms
Bracon praecox
a braconid wasp
Species 1 trophisms
Bracon vestiticida
a braconid wasp
Species 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusBracon (a genus of braconine death wasps)
TribeBraconini (a tribe of death wasps)
SubfamilyBRACONINAE (a subfamily of death wasps)
FamilyBRACONIDAE (death wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic 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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bracon (a genus of braconine death wasps)

Bracon (a genus of braconine death wasps) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Papp, J. 2012 A revision of the Bracon Fabricius species in Wesmael’s collection deposited in Brussels (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) European Journal of Taxonomy Vol 21: 1-154.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Bracon (a genus of braconine death wasps):

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