Helconinae
Helconinae is a subfamily of braconid wasps in the family Braconidae.
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 comprise 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:
Tribe Helconini Förster, 1863
Acarohelcon van Achterberg et Chen, 2017Austrohelcon Turner, 1918Calohelcon Turner, 1918Eumacrocentrus Ashmead, 1900Helcon Nees von Esenbeck, 1812Mangshia van Achterberg & Chen, 2004Parahelcon Kokujew, 1901Trichiohelcon Turuer, 1918Wroughtonia Cameron, 1899
Tribe Ussurohelconini van Achterberg, 1994
Ussurohelcon Belokobylskij, 1989
Tribe Vervoortihelconini van Achterberg, 1997
Vervoortihelcon van Achterberg, 1998