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Adeliini (wasp)

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Adeliini
Paradelius sp. from Manitoba, Canada
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Subfamily: Cheloninae
Tribe: Adeliini
Viereck, 1918
Genera

Adelius
Paradelius
Sculptomyiola
Sinadelius

Adeliini is a tribe of braconid wasps within the subfamily Cheloninae. Until 2016, Adeliini was classified as a separate subfamily, the Adeliinae.[1] They are small, stout-bodied braconids that parasitize the larvae of leaf-mining moths. Despite being widespread, they tend to be rare in entomological collections.[2]

Description and distribution

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Like all Chelonines, the first two (sometimes the first three or four) metasomal terga are fused, and terga six and seven lack spiracles. Features which define the Adeliini as a distinct tribe include apically reduced wing venation and less carapace-like metasomal terga.[2]

Adeliini species are distributed both in the Old and New World.[2]

Biology

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Adeliini are koinobiont endoparasitoids of leaf-mining moths in the family Nepticulidae, from which the adults emerge from the host cocoon.[2] Some species appear to mimic ants in behavior, and one species of Paradelius has been recorded emitting a formic acid-like odor when disturbed.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Kittel, Rebecca N.; Austin, Andrew D.; Klopfstein, Seraina (August 2016). "Molecular and morphological phylogenetics of chelonine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), with a critical assessment of divergence time estimations". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 101: 224–241. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.05.016. PMID 27179700.
  2. ^ a b c d Wharton, Robert A.; Marsh, Paul M.; Sharkey, Michael J. (1997). Manual of the New World Genera of the Family Braconidae (Hymenoptera). Washington DC: The International Society of Hymenopterists.
  3. ^ Whitfield, James B.; Whitfield, James B. (1988). "Two new species of Paradelius (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from North America with biological notes". The Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 64 (4): 313––319. Archived from the original on 27 August 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.