Brachistinae

Brachistinae is a subfamily of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae.

Taxonomy and phylogeny

The genera of Brachistinae were formerly classified as tribes under the subfamily Helconinae. The tribe Blacini was split into a separate subfamily, Blacinae. Blacinae was subdivided into the tribes Blacini, Blacozonini, Chalaropini, Dyscoletini, Stegnocellini, and Xyeloblacini. The Helconinae tribes Diospilini, Brulleiini and Brachistini were later split into another subfamily, Brachistinae. Phylogenetic studies by Sharanowski ''et al.'' in 2011 found the Blacinae and Brachistinae to represent a monophyletic lineage, resulting in the synonymization of Blacinae under Brachistinae. However, further phylogenomic studies by Jasso-Martínez ''et al.'' in 2022 found '' Dyscoletes'' to be distant and not monophyletic with other Brachistinae so considered it ''incertae sedis''. The authors also noted weaknesses in the phylogenetics of Brachistinae due to genera being omitted.

Genera

The genera of the subfamily Brachistinae include:

Tribe

Blacini

* '' Apoblacus'' van Achterberg, 1976
* '' Blacometeorus'' Tobias, 1976 ^{c g}
* '' Blacus'' Nees von Esenbeck, 1818 ^{c g b}
* †'' Palaeoblacus'' Statz, 1936

Tribe Blacini or Blacozonini

* '' Blacozona'' van Achterberg, 1976
* '' Glyptoblacus'' van Achterberg, 1995
* '' Grypokeros'' van Achterberg, 1988

Tribe Blacini or Chalaropini

* '' Chalarope'' van Achterberg, 1988

Tribe Blacini, Dyscoletini, or incertae sedis

* '' Dyscoletes'' Westwood, 1840 ^{c g}
* '' Hellenius (wasp)'' Nees, 1811

Tribe Blacini or Stegnocellini

* '' Mesoxiphium'' van Achterberg, 1976
* '' Stegnocella'' van Achterberg, 1976

Tribe Blacini or Xyeloblacini

* '' Xyeloblacus'' van Achterberg, 1997 ^{c g}

Tribe Brachistini

* '' Brachistes'' Wesmael, 1835
* '' Dicyrtaspis'' van Achterberg, 1980
* '' Eubazus'' Nees von Esenbeck, 1812 ^{c g b}
* '' Foersteria'' Szépligeti, 1896 ^{i c g}
* '' Nealiolus'' Mason, 1974
* '' Niteobrachis'' Aranguren, 1999
* '' Schizoprymnus'' Förster, 1862 ^{c g b}
* '' Triaspis'' Haliday, 1838 ^{c g b}

Tribe Brulleiini

* '' Brulleia'' Szépligeti, 1904 ^{c g}
* '' Parabrulleia'' van Achterberg, 1983 ^{c g}

Tribe Diospilini

* '' Aspicolpus'' Wesmael, 1838 ^{c g}
* '' Aspigonus'' Wesmael, 1835 ^{c g}
* ''Atree'' Ranjith, van Achterberg & Priyadarsanan, 2022
* '' Depelbus'' Papp, 1993
* '' Diospilus'' Haliday, 1833 ^{c g b}
* '' Nipponocolpus'' Belokobylskij & Fujie, 2017
* '' Schauinslandia'' Ashmead, 1900
* '' Taphaeus'' Wesmael, 1835 ^{c g}
* '' Topaldios'' Papp, 1995
* '' Vadumasonium'' Kammerer, 2006 ^{c g}

Tribe Tainitermini

* '' Tainiterma'' van Achterberg & Shaw, 2001

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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Parasitic wasps
Hymenoptera subfamilies

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