Subfamily Rogadinae

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• Rogadinae Foerster, A. 1862. Synopsis der Familien und Gattungen der Braconiden. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens 19: 225–288.
• Betylobraconinae Tobias, V.I. 1979. Two new and one little known subfamilies of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) from Australia. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie (English translation as Entomological Reviews) 58(1): 128-142 [subjective synonym].

Introduction

This subfamily comprises small to large braconids. They are morphologically diverse but can often be distinguished by the cyclostome depression above the mandibles, the two converging carinae on the anterior part of the first metasomal tergite, and the unique biological character for most genera of mummifying their lepidopteran host larvae. Several genera have the second and third metasomal tegites expanded and at least partly carapace-like (see Cheloninae). Included within this subfamily is a group of genera that have modified fore tarsi and have been previously treated as a separate subfamily, the Betylobraconinae (van Achterberg 1995).

Rogadines have a worldwide distribution. The Australian fauna is large and mostly undescribed. Although the subfamily is diverse and exclusively parasitise Lepidoptera, very few species have been used in biological control. At least two genera from the Neotropical Region are known to be phytophagous (see Mesostoinae).

The arrangement here follows Butcher & Quicke (2015) who synonymised the Betylobraconinae Tobias, 1979 with the Rogadinae Foerster, 1862, assigning the genera of the former Betylobraconinae to the tribe Betylobraconini,.

General References

Butcher, B.A. & Quicke, D.L.J. 2015. A remarkable new genus and species of Rogadinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of uncertain tribal placement, from Papua New Guinea, resembling Betylobraconini stat. nov. Journal of Natural History 49(33-34): 2045-2054 [2051]

van Achterberg, C. 1995. Generic revision of the subfamily Betylobraconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and other groups with modified fore tarsus. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 298: 1-242

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