Cenocoelius

Cenocoelius
Cenocoelius nigrisoma
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Braconidae
Subfamily: Cenocoeliinae
Genus:
Westwood, 1840
Species include

C. aartseni
C. analis
C. ashmeadii
C. californicus
C. caryae
C. erythrogastra
C. floridanus
C. huggerti
C. nigrisoma
C. nigriventris
C. quadratus
C. sanguineiventris
C. saperdae
C. tenuicornis
...

Cenocoelius is a genus of hymenopteran insects belonging to the family Braconidae. Those species whose life history has been studied are all koinobiont parasitoids on wood-boring beetle larvae (mainly Cerambycidae and Curculionidae but sometimes Buprestidae).

References

  • Kevin M. Pitz & Michael J. Sharkey (2005). "Cenocoelius huggerti, the first record of the subfamily Cenocoeliinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Africa" (PDF). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 14 (1): 92–95.


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