Brief Summary
provided by Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
This is the most specialized group of the Braconidae. Although the adult and larval morphology is rather homogenous, the subfamily can be divided into two groups from the viewpoint of biology: the Meteorini, most of which are parasites of lepidopterous larvae, and the Euphorini and Cosmophorini, which are parasites of nymphs and adult insects of various orders. Tobias (1965, 1966) has studied this group and included several other subfamilies and genera. However, his arrangement apparently groups together some rather unrelated elements and is, therefore, not followed in this catalog.
- bibliographic citation
- Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. 1979. Prepared cooperatively by specialists on the various groups of Hymenoptera under the direction of Karl V. Krombein and Paul D. Hurd, Jr., Smithsonian Institution, and David R. Smith and B. D. Burks, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Insect Identification and Beneficial Insect Introduction Institute. Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture.
