| Labeninae | |
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| Labena grallator, Virginia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Ichneumonidae |
| Subfamily: | Labeninae Ashmead,1900 |
| Tribes | |
The Labeninae is a subfamily within the parasitoid wasp family Ichneumonidae. The family is divided into 12 extant genera grouped within four tribes. [1]
Labeninae are predominantly found in Australia and South America. A few species of Labena and Grotea are found in North America. Research suggests that the family originated on Gondwana before the break-off of Australia. [1]
Some species from the tribe Labenini have been reared from wood-boring beetles of the Coleopteran families Buprestidae, Cerambycidae, and Curculionidae. [1] [2] Members of the tribe Groteini parasitize solitary bees; Labium wasps are known to parasitise ground-nesting, solitary bees, [3] [4] while Grotea are known parasitoids of cavity-nesting, solitary bees. [1] [5] Species of Poecilocryptus are thought to be phytophagous, due to adaptations of the larval head capsule. [6] However, as with much of the Ichneumonidae, knowledge of many labenine species' ecology, biology, and evolution is extremely limited or completely lacking.[ citation needed ]
These genera belong to the subfamily Labeninae: [1] [7] [8]
Data sources: i = ITIS, [9] c = Catalogue of Life, [10] g = GBIF, [11] b = Bugguide.net [12]
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