Earinus Wesmael 1837
- Dataset
- Revision of the Oriental genera of Agathidinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with an emphasis on Thailand and interactive keys to genera published in three different formats
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Braconidae
- genus
- Earinus
biology_ecology
Biology: Most host records are on Noctuidae and Tortricidae. Phylogenetic Information. Sister to all other Earinini (Sharkey et al. 2006; and new unpublished data).
diagnosis
Diagnosis: This is the only agathidine genus in the Oriental region with a complete RS + M vein in the fore wing (Fig. 26 b).
distribution
Distribution: Holarctic, Oriental, austral region of South America, especially diverse in cold temperate areas. Species described from Chile as Earinus are sister to the Hol- arctic and Oriental clade (Sharkey et al. 2006). Th ere are no records from Thailand but we have captured one specimen. Diversity: 15 species are described world-wide, and 3 from the Oriental region. Bhat and Gupta (1977) recorded only one species from the Oriental region. There are many undescribed species in Austral South America.
materials_examined
Type species: Microdus delusor Wesmael, 1837.
Name
- Homonyms
- Earinus Wesmael 1837