Adeliini
Viereck, 1918 is a tribe of
braconid parasitoid wasp
Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps (Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids, they lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other arthropods, sooner or later causin ...
s within the subfamily
Cheloninae. Until 2016, Adeliini was classified as a separate subfamily, the Adeliinae. However, the name
Adeliini Kirby, 1828 for a tribe of beetles has priority, and Adeliini
Viereck, 1918 is a
junior homonym.
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Description and distribution
Adeliini are small, non-cyclostome braconids with the first two to four tergites fused to form a carapace. Wing veination is relatively reduced compared to other Chelonines.
Biology
Adeliini are koinobiont
In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionary strategies within parasitis ...
endoparasitoids of leaf-mining moths in the family Nepticulidae.
References
External links
DNA barcodes at BOLD systems
Braconidae
Parasitica tribes
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