Rapid-oviposition
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Neoneurini
Neoneurini is a tribe of braconid wasps in the subfamily Euphorinae, historically treated as a separate subfamily but now placed within Euphorinae based on molecular data. The tribe contains three European genera—Elasmosoma, Kollasmosoma, and Neoneurus—comprising koinobiont endoparasitoids of adult ants. These wasps possess highly specialized morphological adaptations for attacking ants, including a strongly curved, hook-shaped ovipositor directed forward, and modified legs with vestigial tarsal claws and enlarged pulvilli for grasping ant metasomas. The tribe has a fossil record extending to Baltic amber.