Braconidae

The Braconidae are a family of parasitoid wasps. After the closely related Ichneumonidae, braconids make up the second-largest family in the order Hymenoptera, with about 17,000 recognized species and many thousands more undescribed. One analysis estimated a total between 30,000 and 50,000, and another provided a narrower estimate between 42,000 and 43,000 species. thumb|right|A female tropical braconid ovipositing into dead wood

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species of parasitoid wasps

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Aphidius is a genus of insects of the family Braconidae.

Opius is a genus of wasps in the family Braconidae. This genus has a wide geographic range and contains the majority of species in the subfamily Opiinae.

The Alysiinae are a subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps with over 1000 described species. Several species have been used in biocontrol programs. They are closely related to the Opiinae.

Agathidinae is a subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps. Some species have been used in biological control programs.

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Cheloninae is a cosmopolitan subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps.

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The Doryctinae or doryctine wasps are a large subfamily of parasitoid wasps within the family Braconidae.

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Lysiphlebus is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Braconidae.

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Alabagrus is a genus of wasps in the family Braconidae. There are at least 100 described species in Alabagrus.

Asobara is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Braconidae. It contains around forty species. The genus is best known for the Drosophila parasitoid Asobara tabida, which is notable as both a model for parasitoid wasp infection in insects, and also as a representative of the hologenome theory of evolution. Asobara tabida is commensally infected with Wolbachia, and cannot reproduce in the absence of Wolbachia infection. As such, the genome of Asobara is directly tied to the genome of its commensal Wolbachia symbiont, and the two are considered to have a hologenome.

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Diachasma is a genus of the Opiinae subfamily of insects and is characterized by the lack of a carapace-like metasoma and clypeal structures that other opiines share.

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Cremnops is a genus of insects belonging to the family Braconidae.

Binodoxys is a genus of parasitoid wasp of the subfamily Aphidiinae which are noted parasitoids of aphids. Its species generally prey on aphids which live on herbaceous plants.

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Biosteres is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Braconidae.

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Disophrys is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Braconidae.

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Earinus is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Braconidae.

Aulosaphes is a genus of wasps belonging to the family Braconidae.

Spathius is a genus of doryctine wasps. The larvae of this genus of wasps feed on beetle larvae. They act as biological controllers of the certain pest beetles, such as Hylurgopinus rufipes and the emerald ash borer.

Adelius is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Braconidae, first described in 1833 by Alexander Henry Haliday.

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Coccygidium is a genus of parasitoid wasp in the family Braconidae.

Euagathis is a genus of parasitoid wasp in the family Braconidae.

Dinotrema is a genus of wasps in the family Braconidae. Species are amongst the largest parasitoid wasps in the tribe Alysiini (Alysiinae). There are approximately 350 species described around worldwide.

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species of the genus Aleiodes

Diachasmimorpha is a genus of the Opiinae subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps and was first described in 1913. It is a small genus relatively restricted to the subtropics but also includes species in the Nearctic and northern Neotropical Regions. The genus is most clearly defined by an apical sinuate ovipositor, which is a synapomorphic character and defines a monophyletic lineage.

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Rogas is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are at least 100 described species in Rogas.

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Synaldis is a genus of insects belonging to the family Braconidae.

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Cardiochiles is a genus of insects belonging to the family Braconidae.

Troticus is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Braconidae.

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Wroughtonia is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are over 40 described species in Wroughtonia.

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Helconinae is a subfamily of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae.

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The Exotheciane are a large subfamily of Braconidae parasitoid wasps.

Coeloides is a genus of insects belonging to the family Braconidae.

The Cenocoeliinae are a subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps.

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Diospilus is a genus of insects belonging to the family Braconidae. They more specifically belong to the subfamily Brachistinae.