Braconidae
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The Braconidae are a family of parasitoid wasps. After the closely related Ichneumonidae, braconids make up the second-largest family in the order Hymenoptera, with about 17,000 recognized species and many thousands more undescribed.[1] One analysis estimated a total between 30,000 and 50,000, and another provided a narrower estimate between 42,000 and 43,000 species.[1]
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Braconidae | |
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Atanycolus sp. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Superfamily: | Ichneumonoidea |
Family: | Braconidae Latreille, 1829 |
Subfamilies | |
47, see text | |
Synonyms | |
Stenophasmidae Benoit, 1949 |
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