The subfamily Cenocoeliinae is a small lineage of morphologically distinct braconid wasps characterized by the elevated position of the metasoma above the hind coxae. The generic limits within the subfamily Cenocoeliinae are being examined using morphological and molecular data. Current generic concepts are based on suites of characters and not on synapomorphies elucidated through cladistic analysis. Results to date, based on analyses using both morphological and molecular data, suggest that the genus Capitonius is monophyletic but that the genus Cenocoelius is paraphyletic.
Species 1: Hymenoptera Braconidae Capitonius
Species 2: Hymenoptera Braconidae Cenocoelius
Keywords: taxonomic revisions
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