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Syrphoctonus Förster

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

Syrphoctonus Förster 1869. Type species: Bassus exsultans Carlson 1979.

 

Syrphoctonus altithronus Benoit, 1965

 

Syrphoctonus centralis Benoit, 1955

 

Syrphoctonus grabensis Benoit, 1955

 

Syrphoctonus kenyensis (Seyrig, 1935)

 

Syrphoctonus lapsabundus Benoit, 1965

Syrphoctonus_lineipes_HOLOTYPE 

Syrphoctonus lineipes (Morley, 1916)
 

Syrphoctonus semipunctatus Benoit, 1955

Distribution

Worldwide

Biology

Hosts: Cecidomyiidae, Curculionidae, Depressariidae, Gracillariidae, Lasiocampidae, Syrphidae, Tachinidae, Tortricidae

Reference

Carlson, R.W. 1979. Family Ichneumonidae. In: Krombein K.V., Hurd Jr. P.D., Smith D.R. & Burks B.D. "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico." Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington. pp.315-740.

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

Credits

Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).

 

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Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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