Helconinae is a subfamily of wasp that belongs to the family Braconidae.
Taxonomy and phylogeny Helconinae has historically been a large subfamily of 4 tribes comprising about 40 genera. Following many changes to classification and included groups over the years, only one of these original tribes, Helconini, remains. Cenocoeliini was split into a new subfamily, Cenocoeliinae, by van Achterberg in 1984. Then, the tribes Brachistini and Diospilini were split into another new subfamily, Brachistinae, by Sharanowski et al. in 2011. The remaining Helconini make up about 12 genera. The Helconini subtribe Vervootihelconina was since elevated to tribal status as Vervootihelconini. The enigmatic Ussurohelconini, previously transferred to Cenocoeliinae, was again recovered as a tribe of Helconinae.
Genera The following genera belong to the subfamily Helconinae, they are organized within their respective tribes:
Helconini Förster, 1863 Acarohelcon van Achterberg et Chen, 2017 Austrohelcon Turner, 1918 Calohelcon Turner, 1918 Eumacrocentrus Ashmead, 1900 Helcon Nees von Esenbeck, 1812 Mangshia van Achterberg & Chen, 2004 Parahelcon Kokujew, 1901 Trichiohelcon Turuer, 1918 Wroughtonia Cameron, 1899
Ussurohelconini van Achterberg, 1994 Ussurohelcon Belokobylskij, 1989
Vervoortihelconini van Achterberg, 1997 Vervoortihelcon van Achterberg, 1998
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