braconid wasp

(Atanycolus spp.)


Conservation Status	IUCN Red List	not listed

	NatureServe	not listed

	Minnesota	not listed

Occurrence	Common
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				Photo by Alfredo Colon

Identification	According to BugGuide.net, it is "Next to impossible to identify this genus from images alone, however it is one of the more common genera in the subfamily." See Subordinate Taxa for identification information.

Distribution			Sources: 24, 27, 29, 30.

Comments	No Common Name This Genus has no common name. The common name of the family Braconidae is braconid wasps, and is applied here for the sake of convenience.

Taxonomy	Order:	Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)
	Suborder:	Apocrita (ants, bees, true wasps)
	Infraorder:	Terebrantes
	Superfamily:	Ichneumonoidea (braconids and ichneumons)
	Family:	Braconidae (braconid wasps)
	Subfamily:	Braconinae

Subordinate Taxa	braconid wasp (Atanycolus charus) braconid wasp (Atanycolus crassicruris) braconid wasp (Atanycolus longicauda) braconid wasp (Atanycolus nigropyga) braconid wasp (Atanycolus niteofrons) braconid wasp (Atanycolus rugosiventris) braconid wasp (Atanycolus simplex) braconid wasp (Atanycolus ulmicola)

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Common Names	no common name