Brachistinae is a subfamily of wasp in the family Braconidae.
Taxonomy and phylogeny The genera of Brachistinae were formerly classified as tribes under the subfamily Helconinae. The tribe Blacini was split into a separate subfamily, Blacinae. Blacinae was subdivided into the tribes Blacini, Blacozonini, Chalaropini, Dyscoletini, Stegnocellini, and Xyeloblacini. The Helconinae tribes Diospilini, Brulleiini and Brachistini were later split into another subfamily, Brachistinae. Phylogenetic studies by Sharanowski et al. in 2011 found the Blacinae and Brachistinae to represent a monophyletic lineage, resulting in the synonymization of Blacinae under Brachistinae. However, further phylogenomic studies by Jasso-Martínez et al. in 2022 found Dyscoletes to be distant and not monophyletic with other Brachistinae so considered it incertae sedis. The authors also noted weaknesses in the phylogenetics of Brachistinae due to genera being omitted.
Genera The genera of the subfamily Brachistinae include:
Tribe Blacini Apoblacus van Achterberg, 1976 Blacometeorus Tobias, 1976 c g Blacus Nees von Esenbeck, 1818 c g b †Palaeoblacus Statz, 1936
Tribe Blacini or Blacozonini Blacozona van Achterberg, 1976 Glyptoblacus van Achterberg, 1995 Grypokeros van Achterberg, 1988
Tribe Blacini or Chalaropini Chalarope van Achterberg, 1988
Tribe Blacini, Dyscoletini, or incertae sedis Dyscoletes Westwood, 1840 c g Hellenius (wasp) Nees, 1811
Tribe Blacini or Stegnocellini Mesoxiphium van Achterberg, 1976 Stegnocella van Achterberg, 1976
Tribe Blacini or Xyeloblacini Xyeloblacus van Achterberg, 1997 c g
Tribe Brachistini Brachistes Wesmael, 1835 Dicyrtaspis van Achterberg, 1980 Eubazus Nees von Esenbeck, 1812 c g b Foersteria Szépligeti, 1896 i c g Nealiolus Mason, 1974 Niteobrachis Aranguren, 1999 Schizoprymnus Förster, 1862 c g b Triaspis Haliday, 1838 c g b
Tribe Brulleiini Brulleia Szépligeti, 1904 c g Parabrulleia van Achterberg, 1983 c g
Tribe Diospilini Aspicolpus Wesmael, 1838 c g Aspigonus Wesmael, 1835 c g Atree Ranjith, van Achterberg & Priyadarsanan, 2022 Depelbus Papp, 1993 Diospilus Haliday, 1833 c g b Nipponocolpus Belokobylskij & Fujie, 2017 Schauinslandia Ashmead, 1900 Taphaeus Wesmael, 1835 c g Topaldios Papp, 1995 Vadumasonium Kammerer, 2006 c g
Tribe Tainitermini Tainiterma van Achterberg & Shaw, 2001
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
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