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Homolobus
Sign in to saveHomolobus is a genus of insects belonging to the family Braconidae.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 194
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Braconidae
- Collections
- MHNCA, DUGWAY, INHS, CSU, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS, KU
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Canada
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Description and identification
- Distribution
- Behavior
- Taxonomy and phylogeny
- Species
- Subgenus ''Homolobus (Apatia)'' <small>Enderlein, 1918</small>
- Subgenus ''Homolobus (Chartolobus)'' <small>van Achterberg, 1979</small>
- Subgenus ''Homolobus (Homolobus)'' <small>Förster, 1862</small>
- Subgenus ''Homolobus (Oulophus)'' <small>van Achterberg, 1979</small>
- Subgenus ''Homolobus (Phylacter)'' <small>Reinhard, 1863</small>
- Subgenus ''[[incertae sedis]]''
- References
Homolobus is a genus of insects belonging to the family Braconidae.
== Description and identification == Homolobus are moderate to large braconids with a body length ranging from 4.4 to 14.6 mm. They have long tibial spurs like the Macrocentrinae but differ in having an occipital carina and shorter, nearly square submarginal cell. The ovipositor is usually very short and hardly extending beyond the apex of the gaster except in species like Homolobus armatus, wherein the ovipositor is 0.77 times the length of the forewing. Many species are testaceous and have large ocelli.
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