Euceros

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Euceros
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subfamily: Eucerotinae
Genus: Euceros
Gravenhorst, 1829
Euceros albitarsus Curtis Illustration from British Entomology Britishentomologyvolume3Plate660.jpg
Euceros albitarsus Curtis Illustration from British Entomology

Euceros is a cosmopolitan genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. [1]

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Taxonomy

The genus has previously been placed in Tryphoninae by Townes [2] . It is sister to the genus Barronia. [2]

Distribution

Euceros is primarily found in the Holarctic, plus one species each in Australia and Madagascar. [2]

Select species

These 48 species belong to the genus Euceros:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [3] c = Catalogue of Life, [4] g = GBIF, [5] b = Bugguide.net [6]

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References

  1. Carlson, Robert W. (1979). "Ichneumonidae". In Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd, Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D. (eds.). Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Vol. 1. Symphyta and Apocrita (Parasitica). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 385–386. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  2. 1 2 3 "Synoptic Lists of World Genera and Family-group Names". American Entomological Institute. 2014. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  3. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System" . Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  4. "Browse Euceros". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  5. "Euceros". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  6. "Euceros Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.

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