Macrocentrinae

{{Short description|Subfamily of wasps}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Braconid Wasp - Macrocentrinae subfamily, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland.jpg

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| taxon = Macrocentrinae

| authority = Förster, 1863

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision =

Aulacocentrum

Austrozele

Cyclophatnus

Dicranoneura

Dolichozele

Hymenochaonia

Macrocentrus

Rectizele

}}

The Macrocentrinae are a subfamily of braconid parasitic wasps. Several species have been used in biological control programs.{{Cite book|url=http://www.sharkeylab.org/sharkeylab/docs/posts/web/Manual%20of%20the%20New%20World%20Genera%20of%20Braconidae.pdf|title=Manual of the New World Genera of the Family Braconidae (Hymenoptera)|last=Wharton|first=Robert A.|last2=Marsh|first2=Paul M.|last3=Sharkey|first3=Michael J.|publisher=The International Society of Hymenopterists|year=1997|location=Washington DC|pages=69|archive-date=2023-08-03|access-date=2017-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803082239/https://www.sharkeylab.org/sharkeylab/docs/posts/web/Manual%20of%20the%20New%20World%20Genera%20of%20Braconidae.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Description and distribution

Macrocentrines are relatively large braconids, recognizable by the presence of small teeth on the trochantellus. Many have pale coloration and nocturnal habits. They belong to the noncyclostome group.

They are found worldwide.

Biology

Macrocentrines include solitary and gregarious koinobiont endoparasitoids of caterpillars.

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