Lytopylus

Lytopylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Braconidae
Subfamily:	Agathidinae
Genus:	Lytopylus; Föster, 1862

Lytopylus is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Braconidae. As members of the subfamily Agathidinae, they are koinobiont endoparasitoids of caterpillars.[1] This genus is primarily found in the neotropics, but ranges from the northeastern United States to Argentina. There are 39 species of Lytopylus, and many more undescribed.[2]

References

Wharton, Robert A.; Marsh, Paul M.; Sharkey, Michael J. (1997). The Manual of the New World Genera of the Family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) (PDF). Washington DC: The International Society of Hymenopterists. pp. 68–83.
Kang, Ilgoo; Chapman, Eric G.; Janzen, Daniel H.; Hallwachs, Winnie; Dapkey, Tanya; Alex, Smith M.; Sharkey, Michael J. (2017-12-12). "Revision of the species of Lytopylus from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae)". ZooKeys (721): 93–158. doi:10.3897/zookeys.721.20287. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5740408. PMID 29308026.

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[1] Wharton, Robert A.; Marsh, Paul M.; Sharkey, Michael J. (1997). The Manual of the New World Genera of the Family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) (PDF). Washington DC: The International Society of Hymenopterists. pp. 68–83.

[2] Kang, Ilgoo; Chapman, Eric G.; Janzen, Daniel H.; Hallwachs, Winnie; Dapkey, Tanya; Alex, Smith M.; Sharkey, Michael J. (2017-12-12). "Revision of the species of Lytopylus from Area de Conservación Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae)". ZooKeys (721): 93–158. doi:10.3897/zookeys.721.20287. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5740408. PMID 29308026.