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Distribution |
Worldwide. |
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Biology |
Most are idiobiont ectoparasitoid of Holometabola pupae
or prepupae. Some species are koinobiont or endoparasitoids, and some
species parasitize the egg masses of Araneae and Pseudoscorpionida.
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Diagnosis |
Head in front view usually somewhat globose, eyes usually
0.4–0.6× as high as head. Flagellum usually stout, first segment about
2.0 as long as wide. Dorsal margin of metanotum posteriorly with a
sublateral triangular projection opposite to the anterior end of
sublateral longitudinal carina of propodeum. Propodeum with conspicuous
longitudinal carinae. Fourth tarsomere not distinctly bilobed. Areolet
pentagonal or rarely quadrangular, crossvein 3r-m always present.
Hindwing vein Cua usually at least 2.0 as long as crossvein cu-a; vein
Cub nearly always straight or concave (Santos, 2017). |
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References |
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1994. Opinion 1757. Cryptus
Fabricius, 1804 and Cryptinae Kirby, 1837 (Insecta, Hymenoptera)
conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 51(1):74-75.
Rousse, P. & Villemant, C. 2012.
Ichneumons in Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local
Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) species, including 15 new taxa and a key to species.
Zootaxa 3278: 1–57.
Santos BF. 2017.
Phylogeny and reclassification of Cryptini (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae,
Cryptinae), with implications for ichneumonid higher-level
classification. Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/syen.12238
Seyrig,
A. 1952. Les Ichneumonides de Madagascar. IV Ichneumonidae Cryptinae.
Mémoires
de l'Académie Malgache. Fascicule XIX. 213 pp.
Yu D.S., van Achterberg, K.,
Horstmann, K. 2011. World Ichneumonoidea 2011.
Taxonomy, biology, morphology and distribution. Available from
Vancouver, Canada: Taxapad.
www.taxapad.com
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Credits
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Photographs
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
Banner image © Vida van der Walt. |
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Acaenitinae;
Anomaloninae;
Banchinae;
Brachycyrtinae;
Sisyrostolinae;
Campopleginae;
Cremastinae;
Cryptinae;
Ctenopelmatinae;
Diplazontinae;
Eucerotinae;
Ichneumoninae;
Lycorininae;
Mesochorinae;
Metopiinae;
Ophioninae;
Orthocentrinae;
Pimplinae;
Rhyssinae;
Tersilochinae;
Tryphoninae;
Xoridinae
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