Rogadinae
The Rogadinae are a large subfamily of braconid parasitoid wasps. Several Rogadinae species parasitize pest caterpillars and are important for naturally occurring biological control.
Description and distribution
Rogadinae are small wasps, usually under 8mm long. They are cyclostomes and usually have a medial ridge on the abdomen. They are found worldwide. The cosmopolitan genus Aleiodes, Old World genus Rogas, and New World genus Triraphis are by far the most common and species rich.Biology
Rogadinae are koinobiont endoparasitoids of Lepidopteran larvae. Females oviposit into host larvae. The host is allowed to develop as the wasp larvae feeds internally on its tissues. Rogadines are unique among braconids in that their host caterpillar is eventually reduced to a mummified husk. The wasp larva then pupate within the mummy. Host mummies are distinctive and can be used to identify the species.Many Rogadinae are nocturnal as adults.
Genera
The following tribes and genera belong to the subfamily Rogadinae:Tribe: [Aleiodini]
Aleiodes Wesmael, 1838 – WorldHeterogamus Wesmael, 1838 – WorldPararrhyssalus Cameron, 1911 – NeotropicalTribe: [Betylobraconini]
Betylobracon Tobias, 1979 – AustralasianMesocentrus Szepligeti, 1900 – AustralasianPilichremylus Belokobylskij, 1992 – AustralasianTribe: [Clinocentrini]
Anachyra van Achterberg, 1995 – AustralasianArtocella van Achterberg, 1980 – PalearcticClinocentrus Haliday, 1833 – WorldConfusocentrus Quicke & Butcher, 2011 – OrientalKerevata Belokobylskij, 1999 – AustralasianTebennotoma Enderlein, 1912 – Old WorldTribe: [Facitorini]
Conobregma van Achterberg, 1995 – WorldFacitorus van Achterberg, 1995 – OrientalJannya van Achterberg, 1995 – NeotropicalTribe: [Gondwanocentrini]
Gondwanocentrus Quicke & Butcher, 2015 – NeotropicalGhibli Shimbori et al., 2024 – NeotropicalRacionais Shimbori et al., 2024 – NeotropicalSoraya Shimbori et al., 2024 – NeotropicalTribe: [Rogadini]
Afrorogas Quicke, 2021 – AfrotropicalAmanirogas Quicke, 2021 – AfrotropicalAspidorogas van Achterberg, 1991 – AfrotropicalBatotheca Enderlein, 1905 – AustralasianBatothecoides Watanabe, 1958 – OrientalBequartia Fahringer, 1936 – AfrotropicalBioalfa Sharkey, 2021 – NeotropicalCanalirogas Chen & van Achterberg, 1996 – Oriental, AustralasianColastomion Baker, 1917 – Tropical PalearcticConspinaria Schulz, 1906 – Oriental, AustralasianCornutorogas Chen et al. 2004 – OrientalCratodactyla Szépligeti, 1914 – AfrotropicalCystomastacoides van Achterberg, 1997 – Oriental, AustralasianCystomastax Szépligeti, 1904 – NeotropicalDarnilia van Achterberg, 1989 – Oriental, Australasian- † Digastrotheca Brues, 1933Gyroneuron Kokujev, 1901 – OrientalGyroneuronella Baker, 1917 – OrientalHermosomastax Quicke, 2021 – NeotropicalIporhogas Granger, 1949 – PaleotropicalKorupia van Achterberg, 1991 – AfrotropicalMacrostomion Szépligeti, 1900 – PantropicalMegarhogas Szépligeti, 1904 – OrientalMyocron van Achterberg, 1991 – AfrotropicalOrthorhogas Granger, 1949 – AfrotropicalPapuarogas Quicke, 2021 – AustralasianPegarthrum Cameron, 1910 – Oriental, AustralasianPseudogyroneuron Baker, 1917 – OrientalQuasimodorogas Quicke & Butcher, 2011 – OrientalRectivena van Achterberg, 1991 – AfrotropicalRhinoprotoma van Achterberg, 1995 – AustralasianRhogasella Baker, 1917 – OrientalRogas Nees, 1819 – PalearcticRogasodes Chen & He, 1997 – OrientalSpinaria Brullé, 1846 – Oriental, AustralasianSpinariella Szépligeti, 1906 – Oriental, AustralasianTeresirogas Quicke & Shaw, 2014 – AustralasianTrigonophatnus Cameron, 1907 – AustralasianTriraphis Ruthe, 1855 – WorldTroporhogas Cameron, 1905 – OrientalVojtechirogas Quicke & van Achterberg, 2012 – Australasian
Tribe: [Stiropiini]
Choreborogas Whitfield, 1990 – New WorldPolystenidea Viereck, 1911 – New WorldStiropius Cameron, 1911 – New WorldTribe: [Yeliconini]
Bulborogas van Achterberg, 1995 – NeotropicalPseudoyelicones van Achterberg, Penteado-Dias & Quicke, 1997 – NeotropicalYelicones Cameron, 1887 – WorldUncertain
- †Cyranorogas Quicke & Butcher, 2015 – Australasian