Kingdom Animalia Suborder Apocrita Phylum Arthropoda Order Hymenopterans | Class Insecta Superfamily Ichneumonoidea Rank Subfamily | |
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Similar Hymenopterans, Mesochorinae, Metopiinae, Ctenopelmatinae, Diplazontinae | ||
Tersilochinae is a worldwide subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae.
Tersilochinae species are koinobiont endoparasitoids of Coleoptera larvae, (although Symphyta larvae are recorded as hosts of one genus). Hosts include Curculionidae and Chrysomelidae so Tersilochinae are used for biological control. There are 18 genera.
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