microgastrine

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noun

Any braconid wasp of the subfamily Microgastrinae.

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Meanings

nounmicrogastrine (plural microgastrines)

plural microgastrines

  1. Any braconid wasp of the subfamily Microgastrinae.

    Previous phylogenies including multiple members of microgastrine genera have shown patterns of high host specificity within species and a high degree of host conservatism among closely related species.

    2016 March 5, “Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Reared Parasitoid Wasps of the Genus Glyptapanteles Ashmead 1904 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) Associated with Lepidoptera in India”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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