Tryphoninae

{{Short description|Subfamily of wasps}}

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| authority = Shuckard, 1840

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The Tryphoninae comprise a worldwide subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae.

Most species of the Tryphoninae are koinobiont ectoparasitoids of Symphyta larvae, but members of some genera (e.g. Netelia) are ectoparasitoids of Lepidoptera larvae. Tryphonines have a hair-margined clypeus and two longitudinal parallel ridges occur on the first tergite. The female sometimes has stalked eggs projecting from her ovipositor.

Most species are Holarctic. Fifty-one genera are described.

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Tribes and genera

{{As of|2017}}, the following seven tribes are recognized.{{cite web|title=Tryphoninae|url=http://hol.osu.edu/index.html?id=779|website=Hymenoptera Online (HOL)|accessdate=30 November 2017|date=2017}}

References

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Further reading

  • Townes, H.K. (1969) Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 1 (Ephialtinae, Tryphoninae, Labiinae, Adelognathinae, Xoridinae, Agriotypinae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 11: 1–300.