Braconidae genera

Apanteles is a very large genus of braconid wasps, containing more than 600 described species found worldwide. There are no native species in New Zealand, and none have been recorded in the high arctic.

Cotesia is a genus of braconid wasps first described by Peter Cameron in 1891 and named in honour of E. C. Cotes. Some species parasitize caterpillars of species considered pests, and are used as biocontrol agents. Cotesia congregata parasitizes the tomato and the tobacco hornworms. C. glomerata and C. rubecula feed on the cabbage white and other white butterfly caterpillars. C. gonopterygis and C. risilis are host-specific and parasitize the common brimstone.

Glyptapanteles is a genus of endoparasitoid wasps found in all continents, except Antarctica. The larvae of Glyptapanteles species are able to manipulate their hosts into serving as bodyguards.

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.

Heterospilus is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are at least 130 described species in Heterospilus. thumb

Microplitis is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are more than 190 described species in Microplitis, found throughout the world. thumb|Microplitis

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Praon is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are at least 70 described species in Praon. thumb|Praon abjectum

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Meteorus is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Braconidae. It comprises over 330 species worldwide.

Hypomicrogaster is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are more than 40 described species in Hypomicrogaster, found in North, Central, and South America.

Pholetesor is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are more than 50 described species in Pholetesor, found mainly in the Holarctic.

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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.

Paroplitis is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are about five described species in Paroplitis.

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.

Diolcogaster is a genus of parasitoid wasps within the subfamily Microgastrinae of the family Braconidae. The genus is poorly studied, likely with multiple undescribed species. The type species is Diolcogaster melligaster (Provancher, 1886), formerly Microgaster melligaster. Species in this genus parasitize lepidopterans and are geographically widespread. There are more than 140 described species in Diolcogaster found throughout the world.

Campyloneurus is a genus of wasps in the subfamily Braconinae. Species are found in Southern Africa, Australia and Far East Asia.

Miropotes is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are about 15 described species in Miropotes, found in Australasia and southeast Asia.

Fornicia is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are more than 30 described species in Fornicia, found mainly in Asia, Africa, and the Neotropics.

Wilkinsonellus is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are more than 20 described species in Wilkinsonellus, generally found in warmer parts of the globe.

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

Protapanteles is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are more than 20 described species in Protapanteles, found mainly in the Holarctic.

Syntretus is a genus of parasitoid wasps. Most parasitize adult hymenopterans, though one species (Syntretus perlmani) parasitizes adult Drosophila fruit flies.

Pseudapanteles is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are more than 30 described species in Pseudapanteles. They are found primarily in the Neotropics, although three species are found in North America.

Phanerotoma is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are at least 190 described species in Phanerotoma. thumb thumb

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

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

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

Atanycolus is a genus of braconid wasps. Species in this genus are parasitoids of beetles from families Buprestidae and Curculionidae.

Alloplitis is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are about eight described species in Alloplitis. Alloplitis congensis is found in west Africa, and the other species in Indomalaya.

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.

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

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

Xanthomicrogaster is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are about six described species in Xanthomicrogaster, found in the Neotropics.

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

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.

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.

Macrocentrus is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae, with at least 180 described species in Macrocentrus.

Protomicroplitis is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are at least three described species in Protomicroplitis, found in the New World.

Yelicones is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are at least 120 described species in Yelicones. thumb|Yelicones delicatus

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

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

Pauesia is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the subfamily Aphidiinae. The species in the genus use the conifer aphids (genus Cinara) as their host.

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

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Lathrapanteles is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are at least four described species in Lathrapanteles, found in the New World.

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

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

Cyanopterus is a genus of wasps in the family Braconidae. It is an extant genus but there is at least one fossil species from the Eocene of the United Kingdom.

Chrysopophthorus is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are about eight described species in Chrysopophthorus.

Cenocoelius is a genus of hymenopteran insects belonging to the family Braconidae. Those species whose life history has been studied are all koinobiont parasitoids on wood-boring beetle larvae (mainly Cerambycidae and Curculionidae but sometimes Buprestidae).

Pygostolus is a genus of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are about eight described species in Pygostolus. thumb

Shireplitis is a genus of braconid wasps native to New Zealand. Individuals range from 1.8 to 2.4 mm in body length. Five of the six known species occur on South Island, and one on the North Island. The genus name derives from the Shire, fictional home of the hobbits in the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, and five species are named after hobbits, with one species named after Tolkien himself.

Chorebus is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Braconidae. There are around 430 accepted species in the genus.

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