Rather large cosmopolitan subfamily, which contains koinobiont endoparasites of larval Lepidoptera. The host caterpillar is mummified. Included in the Rogadinae are the Rogadini, Yeliconini, Clinocentrini and the new tribe Stiropiini (including the genus Stiropius Cameron, 1912 and its relatives, a group restricted to the New World and mainly parasites of Lyonetiidae). The Stiropiini has been provisionally included in the Lysiterminae: Lysitermini (van Achterberg, 1991), but the Lysitermini are ectoparasites and no mummification of the host larva is known. The Stiropiini are characterized by the granulate sculpture of the body and the long median carina of the propodeum connected to a medium-sized areola.
Drawings:
Clinocentrus umbratilis 1, Clinocentrus umbratilis Haliday, female.
Aleiodes praetor 1, Aleiodes praetor (Reinhard), female.
Colastomion bicoloricorne 1, Colastomion bicoloricorne (Granger), female.
Yelicones violaceipennis 1, Yelicones violaceipennis Cameron, male.
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