Cremastinae is a worldwide
subfamily of the
parasitic 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 cau ...
family
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Ichneumonidae
The Ichneumonidae, also known as the ichneumon wasps, Darwin wasps, or ichneumonids, are a family of parasitoid wasps of the insect order Hymenoptera. They are one of the most diverse groups within the Hymenoptera with roughly 25,000 species cu ...
.
Cremastinae are
koinobiont
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endoparasitoids of
Lepidoptera and, sometimes,
Coleoptera
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larvae in tunnels, leaf rolls, buds and galls.
Genera
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Belesica''
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Celor''
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Creagura''
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Cremastus''
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Dimophora''
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Dolichopselephus''
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Eiphosoma''
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Eucremastoides''
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Eucremastus''
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Eurygenys''
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Eutanygaster''
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Fafana''
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Gahus''
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Kasparyania''
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Mecotes''
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Narolskyia''
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Neleothymus''
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Nothocremastus''
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Noxocremastus''
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Pimplomorpha''
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Polyconus''
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Pristomerus''
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Pseudocremastus''
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Pseuderipternus''
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Ptilobaptus''
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Ricrena''
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Sustenus''
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Tanychela''
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Temelucha''
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Trathala''
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Xiphosomella''
References
*Townes, H.K. (1971): Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 4 (Cremastinae, Phrudinae, Tersilochinae, Ophioninae, Mesochorinae, Metopiinae, Anomalinae, Acaenitinae, Microleptinae, Orthopelmatinae, Collyriinae, Orthocentrinae, Diplazontinae). ''Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute'' 17: 1–372.
External links
Diagnostic characters
Ichneumonidae
Apocrita subfamilies
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