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braconid

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brac·o·nid  (brk-nd)
n.
Any of several ichneumon flies of the family Braconidae, the larvae of which are parasitic on other insects.

[From New Latin Braconidae, family name, possibly from Greek brakhus, short; see brachy-.]


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Example topics are gall-inducing scale insects, the phylogeny of gall midges, dipteran leaf miners, the biology and evolution of braconid gall wasps, and gall flies on Myrtaceae as a mutualistic association between flies and nematodes.
Whitfield of the University" of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has found evidence that in the braconid wasp family at least, the advent of the symbiotic relationship dates to ancient times.
 
 
 
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