ALYSIINAE Leach, 1815
(a subfamily of death wasps)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Alysiini
a tribe of Alysiine exodont death wasps
Male (Click to open)
 		Tribe 6 subtaxa 13 images 9 ident. refs
Dacnusini
a tribe of death wasps
Male (Click to open)
 		Tribe 6 subtaxa 33 images 11 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyALYSIINAE (a subfamily of death wasps)
FamilyBRACONIDAE (death wasps)
SuperfamilyICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Griffiths, G.C.D. 1964 The Alysiinae (Hym. Braconidae) parasites of the Agromyzidae (Diptera): I. General questions of taxonomy, biology and evolution The Alysiinae (Hym. Braconidae) parasites of the Agromyzidae (Diptera) Beiträge zur Entomologie Band 14 (7/8): 823-914.
Peris-felipo, F.J., Belokobylskij, S.A. & Jimenez-peydro, R. 2012 Genus Adelphenaldis Fischer, 2003 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae) in Spain, with a key to the World species. Annales zoologici Vol 62 (2): 287-296.

Fungicolous Species

() van Achterberg, C. 1988 The genera of the Aspilota-group and some descriptions of fungicolous Alysiini from the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae) Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 247: 3-88.

ALYSIINAE (a subfamily of death wasps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ALYSIINAE (a subfamily of death wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 21 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ALYSIINAE (a subfamily of death wasps)
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