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Exetastes Gravenhorst

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

Exetastes Gravenhorst 1829. Type species: Ichneumon fornicator Fabricius 1781.
Exestastes_annulator_HOLOTYPE

Exetastes annulator Morley, 1916

Exetastes_discretus_HOLOTYPE

Exetastes discretus Morley, 1917
Exetastes_madecassus_HOLOTYPE

Exetastes madecassus Seyrig, 1934

Exetastes_personatus_HOLOTYPE

Exetastes personatus Cameron, 1906
 

Exetastes rubrinotum Morley,1915
Exetastes_violaceipennis_HOLOTYPE

Exetastes violaceipennis Cameron, 1906

Distribution

Nearctic, Neotropical, Palaearctic, Afrotropical, Oriental

Biology

Endoparasitoids of mostly moth, but also beetle and wasp larvae.

References

Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species insectorum. Tom. I. Hamburgii et Kilonii. 552 pp.

 

Gravenhorst, J.L.C. 1829. Ichneumonologia Europaea. Pars III. Vratislaviae. 1097 pp.

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