Allophrys

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Allophrys
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Allophrys divaricata
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Allophrys

Förster, 1869
Type species
Thersilochus oculatus
Ashmead, 1895
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Allophrys is a genus of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae.

A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.

Family is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy; it is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as being the "walnut family".

Ichneumonidae family of insects

The Ichneumonidae are a parasitoid wasp family within the order Hymenoptera. Unlike other parasites, parasitoids kill their hosts. Ichneumonids are important parasitoids of other invertebrates; common hosts are larvae and pupae of Coleoptera (beetles), Hymenoptera, and Lepidoptera. About 25,000 species have been described worldwide. Estimates of the total species range from 60,000 to over 100,000 – more than any other hymenopteran family.

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Species

Allophrys falcatusReshchikov, 2017 [3] was transferred to the genus Microctonus . [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 KHALAIM, A. I. (2013). "Discovery of the South African fauna of Allophrys Förster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersicochinae)". Zootaxa . 3701 (3): 329–343. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3701.3.3.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Khalaim, Andrey I.; Broad, Gavin R. (2012). "Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Costa Rica, part 1. Genera Allophrys Förster, Barycnemis Förster and Meggoleus Townes". Zootaxa . 3185: 36–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3185.1.2.
  3. 1 2 YUE, QI; RESHCHIKOV, ALEXEY; ANG, YUCHEN; XU, ZAI-FU; PANG, HONG (2017). "Two new species of Allophrys Förster from the Oriental Region (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae)". Zootaxa . 4247 (2): 189–193. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4247.2.12.
  4. Horstmann, Klaus (2010). "Revisions of Nearctic Tersilochinae II. Genera Allophrys Förster, Barycnemis Förster, Ctenophion gen. nov., Sathropterus Förster, Spinolochus Horstmann and Stethantyx Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae)" (PDF). Spixiana . 33 (1): 73–109.
  5. 1 2 KHALAIM, ANDREY I. (2017). "A review of Japanese species of Allophrys Förster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae)". Zootaxa . 4221 (3): 386–392. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4221.3.7.
  6. KHALAIM, ANDREY I.; BELOKOBYLSKIJ, SERGEY A. (2017). "Remarks on Oriental species of Allophrys Förster described by A. Reshchikov (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae)". Zootaxa . 4294 (1): 126. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4247.2.12.