BRACONIDAE Nees, 1811
(death wasps)

Interactions where BRACONIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
cocoon is endoparasitoid host of larva Foreign Perilampus tristis a chalcid wasp Hymenoptera: Perilampidae Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Section (a), Ferrière, C. & Kerrich, G.J., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Perilampidae/Perilampus tristis/Perilampus tristisa chalcid wasplarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Braconidae/Braconidaedeath waspscocoon larva is endoparasitoid of cocoon

Author & YearTitleSource
Ferrière, C. & Kerrich, G.J., 1958Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Section (a)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol VIII, Part 2 (a), 40pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

BRACONIDAE (death wasps) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

BRACONIDAE (death wasps) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
AGATHIDINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 3 subtaxa 1 trophisms 5 references
Agathidini
a tribe of death wasps
Tribe 3 subtaxa 1 trophisms 3 references
ALYSIINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 14 subtaxa 21 trophisms 27 references
APHIDIINAE
aphidiid death wasps
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Aphidiini
a tribe of aphidiine death wasps
Tribe 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Aphidius
a genus of aphid death wasps
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
BRACHISTINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 16 subtaxa 18 trophisms 19 references
BRACONINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 6 subtaxa 8 trophisms 4 references
CENOCOELIINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 3 subtaxa 3 references
CHARMONTINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 1 references
CHELONINAE
carapaced death wasps
Subfamily 4 subtaxa 8 references
DORYCTINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 4 subtaxa 6 trophisms 8 references
EUPHORINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 11 subtaxa 24 trophisms 13 references
EXOTHECINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 3 trophisms 3 references
Colastes
a genus of hymenopterans
Genus 2 subtaxa 3 trophisms 2 references
GNAMPTODONTINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 references
HELCONINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 2 references
Helconini
a tribe of death wasps
Tribe 1 subtaxa 1 references
HOMOLOBINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 4 references
ICHNEUTINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 references
MACROCENTRINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 4 references
METEORINAE
a subfamily of braconid wasps
Subfamily 3 subtaxa 3 trophisms 10 references
MICROGASTRINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 13 subtaxa 8 trophisms 29 references
MICROTYPINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 references
MIRACINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 2 references
OPIINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms 1 references
Phaedrotoma
a genus of hymenopterans
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms 1 references
ORGILINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 2 references
PAMBOLINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 4 subtaxa 3 trophisms 3 references
RHYSIPOLINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms 2 references
RHYSSALINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 2 references
Rhyssalini
a tribe of death wasps
Tribe 2 subtaxa 2 references
ROGADINAE
mummy wasps
Subfamily 5 subtaxa 3 trophisms 11 references
SIGALPHINAE
a subfamily of death wasps
Subfamily 1 references
Urosigalphus bruchi
a braconid wasp
Species 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyBRACONIDAE (death wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for BRACONIDAE (death wasps)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Griffiths, G.C.D. Host records of Dacnusini (Hym., Braconidae) from leaf-mining Diptera .
() Tobias, V.I., Belokobylskii S.A. & Kotenko, A.G. - Sharma, B.R. (trans.) 1986 Keys to the Insects Vol III, Part IV Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Vol III (4), English translation edition, 908pp, Amerind Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
van Achterberg, C. 1997 Braconidae. An illustrated key to all subfamilies

Brachypterous, Micropterous, And Apterous

Belokobylskij, S.A. & Kula, R.R. 2012 Review of the brachypterous, micropterous, and apterous Braconidae of the cyclostome lineage (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) from the Palearctic Region Zootaxa Vol 3240: 1-62.

Generic Key

Wharton, R.A., Marsh, P.M., & Sharkey, M.J. (eds) 1997 Manual of the New World Genera of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) No 1, VI+450pp, The International Society of Hymenopterists

Nocturnal Species

Broad, G.R. 2012 Keys for the identification of British and Irish nocturnal Ichneumonidae http://nocturnalichs.myspecies.info/node/38

Pathology/Leafminers

Whitfield, J.B. & Wagner, D.L. 1991 Annotated key to the genera of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) attacking leafmining Lepidoptera in the Holarctic Region Journal of Natural History Vol 25: 733-754.

Subfamilies

Broad, G. R. & Shaw, M. 2014 Key to subfamilies of British Braconidae
Shaw, M.R. & Huddleston, T. 1991 *** Classification & biology of braconid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 7, Part 11, 126pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
van Achterberg, C. 1993 Illustrated key to the subfamilies of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) Vol 283: 1-189.
van Achterberg, C. 1990 Illustrated key to the subfamilies of the Holarctic Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) Zool. Med. Leiden Vol 64 (1): 1-20.

BRACONIDAE (death wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Broad, G.R., Shaw, M.R. & Godfray, H.C.J. 2016 Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Braconidae Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e8151: 1-334.
Gross, P. 1993 Insect behavioral and morphological defenses against parasitoids Annu. Rev. Entomol. Vol 38: 251-273.
Horstmann, K. 2006 Revisionen von Schlupfwespen - Arten X (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Mitt. Munch. Em. Ges. Vol 96: 5-16.
Quicke, D.L.J., Shaw, M.R., Takahashi, M. & Yanechin, B. 2004 Cocoon silk chemistry of non-cyclostome Braconidae, with remarks on phylogenetic relationships within the Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Journal of Natural History Vol 38: 2167-2181.
Shaw, M.R., Stefanescu, C. & van Nouhuys, S. Parasitoids of European butterflies Shaw, M.R., Stefanescu, C. & van Nouhuys, S. Parasitoids of European butterflies, 27pp, Ecology of Butterflies in Europe
Varkonyi, G. & Roslin, T. 2013 Freezing cold yet diverse: dissecting a high-Arctic parasitoid community associated with Lepidoptera hosts Canadian Entomology Vol 145: 193-218.
Wirta, H.K, Hebert, P.D.N., Kaartinen, R., Prosser, S.W., Várkonyic, G. & Roslina, T. 2014 Complementary molecular information changes our perception of food web structure Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA Vol 111 (5): 1885-1890.

Bibliographies

H. Ghahari, H., Yu, D.S. & van Achterberg, K. 2006 Bibliography of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) (1964-2003) http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/41269

Hosts

Hammond, H.E. & Smith, K.G.V. 1957 On some parasitic Diptera and Hymenoptera bred from lepidopterous hosts. Part 3: records of Tachinidae (Dipt.), Braconidae, Ichneumonidae, Encyrtidae, Pteromalidae, Eulophidae and Scelionidae (Hym.) Ent. Gazette 8: 181-189.
Hammond, H.E. & Smith, K.G.V. 1955 On some parasitic Diptera and Hymenoptera bred from lepidopterous hosts. Part 2: misc. records of Phoridae, Larvaevoridae (Dipt.), Braconidae, Ichneumonidae and Eulophidae (Hym.) Ent. Gazette 6: 168-174.

Regional Lists

Bignell, G.C. 1901 The Ichneumonidae (parasitic flies) of the south of Devon: part II Braconidae Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art Vol 33: 657-692.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to BRACONIDAE (death wasps):

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