Anomalon (wasp)

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Anomalon
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Anomalon cruentatum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subfamily: Anomaloninae
Tribe: Anomalonini
Viereck, 1918
Genus: Anomalon
Panzer, 1804
Synonyms
  • Anomalum Schulz, 1906
  • Erythrophion Cameron, 1906
  • Microcremastus Hedwig, 1961
  • Neogreeneia Viereck, 1912
  • Nototrachys Marshall, 1872
  • Ophiononeura Cameron, 1904
  • Pseudonototrachys Meyer, 1930
  • Stictophion Cameron, 1906
  • Trachyopterus Morley, 1912
  • Ochlerus Gistel, 1848 nec Spinola, 1837

Anomalon is a large genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. This may be the only genus in the tribe Anomalonini, although Neogreeneia Viereck, 1912 is sometimes considered a valid genus of the tribe. [1] [2]

Contents

These wasps are present worldwide, but most diverse in tropical regions. [3] [4] Twenty species are recorded from Costa Rica. In the Africa and the Middle East, they are well represented in dry habitats, but in the Americas are most common in very wet rain forests. Recorded hosts include tenebrionid or elaterid beetle larvae and noctuid and tortricid moth larvae. [1]

Description

"The species of Anomalon can easily be recognized from other Anomaloninae by the combination of the following morphological features:

Selected species

Species within this genus include: [6] [7]

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References

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  5. Zardouei Heydari, M.; Rakhshani, E.; Mokhtari, A.; Schwarz, M. (2020). "The genus Anomalon Panzer (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Anomaloninae) of Iran, with description of a new species" (PDF). European Journal of Taxonomy. 662: 1–19. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2020.662 . Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  6. Biolib
  7. Poole, Robert W.; Gentili, Patricia (1996). "Hymenoptera, Mecoptera, Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Raphidioptera, Trichoptera" (PDF). Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America. Vol. 2. Rockville, MD: Entomological Information Services. pp. 188–189, 235. ISBN   1-889002-02-X.