Doryctinae

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

==Description and identification== thumb|left|Heterospilus eurostae, male Doryctine wasps are found across almost the entire size range of Braconidae, from 1 to 25 mm. In the small species the head tends to be relatively large and the body, while slender, remarkably elongated. Doryctines tend to be small-winged, with many having very much reduced wings. Numerous species in this family are unable to fly or even lack wings entirely. They have a characteristic row of stout spines running lengthwise along the foreleg tibia, and a cyclostome depression above the mandibles.