Brachistini Förster, 1863
(a tribe of death wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Eubazus
a genus of death wasps
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 12 images 7 ident. refs
Schizoprymnus
a genus of hymenopterans
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Triaspis
a genus of death wasps
(Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 4 images 3 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
TribeBrachistini (a tribe of death wasps)
SubfamilyBRACHISTINAE (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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
van Achterberg, C. 1990 Revision of the genera Foersteria Szépligeti and Polydegmon Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with the description of a new genus Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) Vol 257: 1-32.
van Achterberg, C. 1987 Revision of the European Helconini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Helconinae) Zool. Med. Leiden Vol 61: 263-285.

Brachistini (a tribe of 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 Brachistini (a tribe of death wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 18 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Brachistini (a tribe of death wasps)
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