image of Aleiodes (Tetrasphaeropyx) kisomm face, with arrow showing circular opening between clypeus at top and mandibles at bottom

Genus Aleiodes nests within the braconid subfamily Rogadinae. Rogadinae belongs to a larger lineage composed
of several subfamilies within Braconidae called the cyclostome lineage, in which there is an opening in the oral region
of the face (arrow) between the clypeus (C) and mandibles (LM=left mandible).

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