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Diolcogaster
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Diolcogaster

Diolcogaster is a genus of parasitoid wasps within the subfamily Microgastrinae of the family Braconidae. The genus is poorly studied, likely with multiple undescribed species. The type species is Diolcogaster melligaster (Provancher, 1886), formerly Microgaster melligaster. Species in this genus parasitize lepidopterans and are geographically widespread. There are more than 140 described species in Diolcogaster found throughout the world.

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12 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Diolcogaster perniciosa

speciesDiolcogaster perniciosa

Diolcogaster abdominalis

speciesDiolcogaster abdominalis

Diolcogaster claritibia

speciesDiolcogaster claritibia

Diolcogaster austrina

speciesDiolcogaster austrina

Diolcogaster basimacula

speciesDiolcogaster basimacula

Diolcogaster reales

speciesDiolcogaster reales

Diolcogaster alvearia

speciesDiolcogaster alvearia

Diolcogaster minuta

speciesDiolcogaster minuta

Diolcogaster scotica

speciesDiolcogaster scotica

Diolcogaster connexa

speciesDiolcogaster connexa

Diolcogaster flavipes

speciesDiolcogaster flavipes

Diolcogaster hinzi

speciesDiolcogaster hinzi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 374069.