Cryptinae

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Cryptinae
Acroricnus seductor elegans (24092623509).jpg
Acroricnus sp.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subfamily: Cryptinae
Kirby, 1837
Tribes

Aptesini
Cryptini

Synonyms
  • Gelinae Viereck, 1918 (in part)
  • Hemitelinae Förster, 1869 (in part)
  • Phygadeuontinae Förster, 1868 (in part)

Cryptinae is a subfamily of wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. The family has also been called Gelinae, Hemitelinae, and Phygadeuontinae by various authorities, [1] though the Phygadeuontinae have since been elevated to a separate subfamily. [2]

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Description

Species are distributed worldwide. A 5-sided areolet, a short sternaulus, and a puffy face with a convex clypeus are diagnostic characters for most members of this large subfamily. [3]

Taxonomy

Gelinae was the name used by H. K. Townes in 1969. [4] Fitton and Gauld's review of ichneumonid families synonymized Gelinae under Hemitelinae in 1976 [5] and later as Phygadeuontinae in 1978. [1] However, due to the decision of International Code of Zoological Nomenclature's Opinion 1715 in 1994 to conserve the status of the genus CryptusFabricius, 1804, both Gelinae and Phygadeuontinae became junior synonyms for Cryptinae. [6] [2] Santos later restricted the family in 2017 to only include the tribes Aptesini and Cryptini, forming the separate families Claseinae and Phygadeuontinae for the remaining tribes of Claseini (1 genus) and Phygadeuontini (123 genera), respectively. [2]

There are about 273 genera in Cryptinae between the tribes of Aptesini and Cryptini. [7] [8]

Classification

The following classification of Phygadeuontini is based on Wahl (2014): [8]

Tribe Cryptini

Agrothereutes abbreviatus, female Ichneumonidae - Agrothereutes abbreviatus.JPG
Agrothereutes abbreviatus , female
Cryptus albitarsis, female Cryptus albitarsis female.jpg
Cryptus albitarsis , female
Xanthocryptus novozealandicus, female Lemon Tree Borer Parasite (Xanthocryptus novozealandicus) on blackberry leaf.jpg
Xanthocryptus novozealandicus , female
Lymeon orbus, female Ichneumon - Lymeon orbus, Occoquan Regional Park, Lorton, Virginia.jpg
Lymeon orbus , female
Mesostenus thoracicus, female Mesostenus thoracicus (33716248498).jpg
Mesostenus thoracicus , female

Tribe Aptesini

Aptesis nigrocincta, female Aptesis nigrocincta 02.JPG
Aptesis nigrocincta , female

References

  1. 1 2 Fitton, M.G; Gauld, I.D. (1978). "Further notes on family-group names of the Ichneumonidae (excluding Ichneumoninae) (Hymenoptera)" . Systematic Entomology. 3 (3): 245–247. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1978.tb00118.x. S2CID   84104340 . Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Santos, B.F. (2017). "Phylogeny and reclassification of Cryptini (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with implications for ichneumonid higher-level classification". Systematic Entomology. 42 (4): 650–676. Bibcode:2017SysEn..42..650S. doi:10.1111/syen.12238. S2CID   90996975 . Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  3. ↑ Cryptinae. WaspWeb. Iziko Museums.
  4. ↑ Townes, Henry K. (1969). "Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 2 (Gelinae)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 12: 1–537.
  5. ↑ Fitton, M.G; Gauld, I.D. (1976). "The family-group names of the Ichneumonidae (excluding Ichneumoninae) (Hymenoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 1: 247–258.
  6. ↑ "Opinion 1757. Cryptus Fabricius, 1804 and Cryptinae Kirby, 1837 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): conserved". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 51. ICZN: 74–75. 1994. ISSN   0007-5167 . Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  7. ↑ Broad, G., & Barthélémy, C. (2012). A new species of Hadrocryptus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae), with the first account of the biology for the genus. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 24, 47.
  8. 1 2 Wahl, David (2014). "Synoptic Lists of World Genera and Family-group Names". American Entomological Institute. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
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