Campopleginae

Jessica Tanner
Environmental Economics and Management Major
University of Georgia

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Natural History

The subfamily Campopleginae is represented by three tribes: Nonnini, Hellwigiini,and Campoplegini (Burks, 1979). Campoplegini is the only tribe in the Campopleginae subfamily that is present in America north of Mexico. This subfamily is said to be very diverse in temperate regions like Britain. Campoplegines have been described as koinobiont endoparasitoids (Wahl, 1993). A parasitoid is an animal that lays its eggs inside or on its host and eventually causes death to the host. Specifically, an endoparasitoid refers to a parasitoid that lays its eggs inside the host. Koinobionts let the host live and develop further before it kills the host. This is opposed to an idiobiont that immediately causes death to the host.The host for this parasitic wasp is Lepidoptera. Lepidoptera is the scientific name for butterflies and moths. Other hosts include certain types of sawflies and snake flies (Gauld, 1988). The Campopleginae are considered important for biological control. For example, the Venturia canescens kills the flour moth (Gauld, 1988). Flour moths can be very harmful in flour mills.

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New World Genera
(Wahl)
  • Bathyplectes
  • Benjaminia
  • Callidora
  • Campoctonus
  • Campoletis
  • Campoplex
  • Casinaria
  • Charops
  • Cryptophion
  • Cymodusa
  • Diadegma
  • Dolophron
  • Dusona
  • Echthronomas
  • Hyposoter
  • Lathrostizus
  • Leptocanpoplex
  • Leptoperilissus
  • Macrus
  • Meloboris
  • Microcharops
  • Nemeritis
  • Nonnus
  • Olesicampe
  • Philositus
  • Phobocampe
  • Porizon
  • Prochas
  • Pyacmon
  • Rhimphoctona
  • Scirtetes
  • Sinophorus
  • Synetaeris
  • Tranosema
  • Tranosemella
  • Venturia
  • Xanthocampoplex

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    Identification Guide

    An interactive key is currently under construction. A good reference is Hymenoptera of the World: An identification guide to families.


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    Photographs

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    References


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    Acknowledgements

    A special thanks to Dr. Pickering, Elizabeth Skillen, Ryan Bartlett, and Bryan McLucas for their help and expertise.


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