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Astomaspis Förster

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Ichneumonidae; Subfamily: Cryptinae)

Astomaspis Förster 1869. Type species: Astomaspis metathoracica Perkins 1962.

 

Astomaspis acanthogaster (Tosquinet,1903)
 

Astomaspis annulator (Seyrig,1952)

 

Astomaspis ardator (Seyrig,1952)

 Astomaspis_coelebs_HOLOTYPE

 

 

Astomaspis coelebs (Holmgren,1868)

 

 Astomaspis extinctor (Seyrig,1952)
 

Astomaspis jucunda (Seyrig,1952)
  Astomaspis pygidiator (Seyrig,1952)
Caenoaulax_striatus

 

Astomaspis rustica Townes,1973

 

Astomaspis sulcator (Seyrig,1952)
 

Astomaspis tristis (Seyrig,1952)
Astomaspis_violaceipennis_HOLOTYPE Astomaspis violaceipennis (Cameron,1905)

Distribution

Astomaspis_map

Afrotopical: South Africa, Madagascar, Nearctic: U.S.A, Oriental: China, Japan, Malaysia, Palearctic: Finland, France, Germany, Poland, Romania, Russia, Sweden, United Kingdom, Australasian: Australia

Biology

Hosts: Astala confederata (Tineoidea), Cryptothelea minuscula (Tineoidea)

Reference

Förster, A. 1869. Synopsis der Familien und Gattungen der Ichneumonen. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens. 25(1868):135-221.  

Perkins, J.F. 1962. On the type species of Förster's genera (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 11:385-483.

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