Hymenopterous wasps, especially the braconidae

Systematic studies of braconid wasps focus on description of new species and revisions of genera on the basis of adult morphology. Currently, the systematics of the braconid genus Pseudognaptodon, whose species are parasitoids of leaf-mining Lepidoptera in North, Central, and South America, is being investigated. There are currently three described species, all from the United States. When the study is complete there are likely to be four to five times that number, ranging from Canada to Columbia and Venezuela.