BRACONINAE Nees, 1812
(a subfamily of death wasps)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyBRACONINAE (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
Quicke, D.L.J. 1987 The Old World genera of braconine wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) Journal of Natural History Vol 21: 43-157.
() Tobias, V.I., Belokobylskii S.A. & Kotenko, A.G. - Sharma, B.R. (trans.) 1986 Keys to the Insects Vol III, Part IV Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Vol III (4), English translation edition, 908pp, Amerind Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
van Achterberg, C. 1984 Revision of the genera of Braconini with first and second metasomal tergites immovably joined (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Braconinae) Tijdschrift voor Entomologie vol 127: 137-164.

BRACONINAE (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 BRACONINAE (a subfamily of death wasps)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for BRACONINAE (a subfamily of death wasps)
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