Anacis (wasp)

Anacis
	Anacis sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Ichneumonidae
Subfamily:	Cryptinae
Tribe:	Cryptini
Subtribe:	Mesostenina
Genus:	Anacis ; Porter, 1967

Last updated July 31, 2025

Anacis is a genus of wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. It was described in 1967 by Charles C. Porter.^[1]^[2] The genus Biconus was once synonymized with Anacis by Porter in 2004, but Santos & Brady undid this, showing that it was unjustified and not supported by phylogenetics.^[3]

Species

A total of 16 species are currently recognized:^[4]

Anacis apoeca (Porter, 1986)^[5]
Anacis atrorubra (Townes, 1970)
Anacis camponotus (Porter, 1967)^[1]
Anacis exul (Turner, 1919)
Anacis festiva Porter, 1967^[1]
Anacis flammigera Porter, 2003^[2]
Anacis hercana (Porter, 1967)^[1]
Anacis ignifera Porter, 2003^[2]
Anacis rubripes (Spinola, 1851)
Anacis rufipes (Porter, 1967)
Anacis stangeorum Porter, 1970
Anacis subflava (Porter, 1986)^[5]
Anacis syntoma (Porter, 1967)^[1]
Anacis tucumana Porter, 1973
Anacis umbrifera Porter, 2003^[2]
Anacis varipes (Porter, 1967)^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Porter, Charles C. (1967). "A review of the Chilean genera of the tribe Mesostenini (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)". Studia Entomologica. 10: 369–418. ISSN 0585-5098.
1 2 3 4 Porter, Charles C. (2003). "New species and records of Anacis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptini) from tropical and temperate Andean South America". Insecta Mundi. 17: 119–128. ISSN 0749-6737.
↑ Santos, Bernardo F.; Brady, Seán G. (23 December 2023). "Leveraging museum specimens, genomics and legacy datasets to unravel the phylogeny and biogeography of cryptin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptini)". Zoologica Scripta. 53 (3): 338–357. doi: 10.1111/zsc.12639 .
↑ Bánki, O.; Roskov, Y.; Döring, M.; Ower, G.; Hernández Robles, D. R.; et al. (14 March 2025). "Anacis". Catalogue of Life. Catalogue of Life. doi: 10.48580/dgnz3 . Retrieved 9 April 2025.
1 2 Porter, Charles C. (1986). "Biconus in Peru, with notice of an endemic species from the coastal desert (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)". Psyche . 93 (1–2): 51–60. doi: 10.1155/1986/54103 . ISSN 0033-2615.

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[Porter1967-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Porter, Charles C. (1967). "A review of the Chilean genera of the tribe Mesostenini (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)". Studia Entomologica. 10: 369–418. ISSN 0585-5098.

[Porter2003-2] 1 2 3 4 Porter, Charles C. (2003). "New species and records of Anacis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptini) from tropical and temperate Andean South America". Insecta Mundi. 17: 119–128. ISSN 0749-6737.

[3] Santos, Bernardo F.; Brady, Seán G. (23 December 2023). "Leveraging museum specimens, genomics and legacy datasets to unravel the phylogeny and biogeography of cryptin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptini)". Zoologica Scripta. 53 (3): 338–357. doi: 10.1111/zsc.12639 .

[4] Bánki, O.; Roskov, Y.; Döring, M.; Ower, G.; Hernández Robles, D. R.; et al. (14 March 2025). "Anacis". Catalogue of Life. Catalogue of Life. doi: 10.48580/dgnz3 . Retrieved 9 April 2025.

[Porter1967a-5] 1 2 Porter, Charles C. (1986). "Biconus in Peru, with notice of an endemic species from the coastal desert (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)". Psyche . 93 (1–2): 51–60. doi: 10.1155/1986/54103 . ISSN 0033-2615.

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Anacis

Anacis sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Ichneumonidae
Subfamily:	Cryptinae
Tribe:	Cryptini
Subtribe:	Mesostenina
Genus:	Anacis Porter, 1967^[1]