The Tryphoninae comprise a worldwide subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae.

Tryphoninae
Tryphon rutilator
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subfamily: Tryphoninae
Shuckard, 1840

Most species of the Tryphoninae are koinobiont ectoparasitoids of Symphyta larvae, but members of some genera (e.g. Netelia) are ectoparasitoids of Lepidoptera larvae. Tryphonines have a hair-margined clypeus and two longitudinal parallel ridges occur on the first tergite. The female sometimes has stalked eggs projecting from her ovipositor.

Most species are Holarctic. Fifty-one genera are described.

Phytodietus sp. male (Tribe Phytodietini)
Phytodietus sp. pupa
Hercus fontinalis late instar larvae (tribe Oedemopsini)

Tribes and genera

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As of 2017, the following seven tribes are recognized.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Tryphoninae". Hymenoptera Online (HOL). 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.

Further reading

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  • Townes, H.K. (1969) Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 1 (Ephialtinae, Tryphoninae, Labiinae, Adelognathinae, Xoridinae, Agriotypinae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 11: 1–300.
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