Monogeneric-subfamily

Guides

• Orthopelmatinae

  Orthopelmatinae is a monogeneric subfamily of Ichneumonidae containing only the genus Orthopelma. Members are Holarctic idiobiont endoparasitoids specialized on cynipid gall wasps, primarily Diplolepis species on roses. The subfamily exhibits the rare egg-larval parasitoid strategy, with females ovipositing directly into host eggs.

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