microgastrine
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[edit]Noun
[edit]microgastrine (plural microgastrines)
- Any braconid wasp of the subfamily Microgastrinae.
- 2016 March 5, “Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Reared Parasitoid Wasps of the Genus Glyptapanteles Ashmead 1904 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) Associated with Lepidoptera in India”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Previous phylogenies including multiple members of microgastrine genera have shown patterns of high host specificity within species and a high degree of host conservatism among closely related species.