Apanteles

Apanteles
Apanteles melanoscelus A, adult, female; B-D, egg; E-I, larva; J-L, larval mandible
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Braconidae
Subfamily:	Microgastrinae
Genus:	Apanteles Förster, 1862
Diversity
at least 1200 species

Apanteles is a very large genus of braconid wasps, containing more than 600 described species found worldwide. There are no native species in New Zealand, and none have been recorded in the high arctic.[1][2][3]

See also

• List of Apanteles species

References

1. Fernandez-Triana, Jose; Shaw, Mark R.; Boudreault, Caroline; Beaudin, Melanie; et al. (2020). "Annotated and illustrated world checklist of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)". ZooKeys (920): 1–1089. doi:10.3897/zookeys.920.39128. PMC 7197271. PMID 32390740.
2. "Apanteles". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
3. "Apanteles genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-03-25.

Further reading

• Fernandez-Triana, J. (2010). "Eight new species and an annotated checklist of Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from Canada and Alaska". ZooKeys (63): 1–53. doi:10.3897/zookeys.63.565. PMC 3088399. PMID 21594019.
• Fernandez-Triana, J.; Buffam, J.; Beaudin, M.; Davis, H.; et al. (2017). "An annotated and illustrated checklist of Microgastrinae wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and Greenland". ZooKeys (691): 49–101. doi:10.3897/zookeys.691.14491. PMC 5672697. PMID 29200923.
• Marsh, Paul M.; Shaw, Scott R.; Wharton, Robert A. (1987). "An identification manual for the North American genera of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera)". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington.