Euceros

Euceros
Scientific classification
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

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

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:

• Euceros albibasalis Uchida, 1932 ^{c g}
• Euceros albitarsus Curtis, 1837 ^{c g}
• Euceros albomarginatus Cushman, 1922 ^{c g}
• Euceros annulicornis Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros arcuatus Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros canadensis Cresson, 1869 ^{c g}
• Euceros chinensis Kasparyan, 1984 ^{c g}
• Euceros clypealis Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros congregatus Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros coxalis Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros croceus Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros decorus Walley, 1932 ^{c g}
• Euceros dentatus Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros digitalis Walley, 1932 ^{c g}
• Euceros enargiae Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros faciens Davis, 1897 ^{c g}
• Euceros flavescens Cresson, 1869 ^{c g}
• Euceros frigidus Cresson, 1869 ^{c g}
• Euceros gilvus Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros incisurae Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros latitarsus Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros limatus Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros maculicornis Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros madecassus Seyrig, 1934 ^{c g}
• Euceros medialis Cresson, 1869 ^{c g}
• Euceros melanosoma Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros melleus Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros obesus Davis, 1897 ^{c g}
• Euceros obliquus Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros pectinis Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros pinguipes Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros pruinosus (Gravenhorst, 1829) ^{c g}
• Euceros ribesii Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros ruber Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros ruficeps Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros rufocinctus (Ashmead, 1906) ^{c g}
• Euceros sachalinensis Kasparyan, 1992 ^{c g}
• Euceros sanguineus Davis, 1897 ^{c g}
• Euceros schizophrenus Kasparyan, 1984 ^{c g}
• Euceros semiothisae Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros sensibus Uchida, 1930 ^{c g}
• Euceros serricornis (Haliday, 1838) ^{c g}
• Euceros signicornis Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros superbus Kriechbaumer, 1888 ^{c g}
• Euceros taiwanus Kasparyan, 1992 ^{c g}
• Euceros thoracicus Cresson, 1869 ^{c g}
• Euceros tunetanus (Schmiedeknecht, 1900) ^{c g}
• Euceros unispina Kasparyan, 1984 ^{c g}

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

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. "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.

Further reading

• Barron, J.R. 1976. Systematics of Nearctic Euceros (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Eucerotinae). Naturaliste Canadien 103:285‑375.
• Barron, J.R. 1978. Systematics of the world Eucerotinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), Part 2. Non‑Nearctic species. Naturaliste Canadien l05: 327–24.

External links

• Waspweb
• Media related to Euceros at Wikimedia Commons