Irenangelus

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Irenangelus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Subfamily: Ceropalinae
Genus: Irenangelus
Schulz, 1906 [1]
Type species
Irenangelus hornus
Schulz, 1906 [2]

Irenangelus is a genus of kleptoparasitic spider wasps in the subfamily Ceropalinae of the family Pompilidae. The genus has a pantropical distribution, occurring in the Oriental, Neotropical, Australian, eastern Palearctic, and Madagascan zoogeographic regions, with the highest diversity found in the Neotropics. [3]

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Irenangelus is closely related to the more widespread genus Ceropales , with both forming a monophyletic subfamily, Ceropalinae, within the Pompilidae. [3] This subfamily is the sister group to the subfamily Notocyphinae. [4] Current research suggests that Ceropalinae and other pompilids evolved from a common ectoparasitoid ancestor. [3]

Biology

In the Philippines, species of Irenangelus are known to be kleptoparasites of Auplopus nyemitawa and Tachypompilus analis . Additionally, I. eberhardi is a kleptoparasite of Auplopus semialatus . The kleptoparasitic behavior of I. lukosanus has been observed as it pursues its host pompilid, Platydialepis ryoheii , while the latter transports its prey, Heteropoda forcipata , to its nest. The kleptoparasitic wasp pounces on the spider and extends its gaster, attempting to insert the tip into a slit of the prey's book lung. [3]

Species

Some species included in Irenangelus include:

References

  1. ↑ "Classification of Ceropalinae (Pompilidae)". Iziko Museums of South Africa. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  2. ↑ V.S.L. Pate (1946). "The Generic Names of the Spider Wasps (Psammocharidae olim Pompilidae) and Their Type Species (Hymenoptera: Aculeata)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 72 (3): 65–137. JSTOR   25077544.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Shimizu, Akira; Wahis, Raymond (2007). "Systematic Studies on the Pompilidae Occurring in Japan: Genus Irenangelus Schulz (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Ceropalinae)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 16 (2): 311–325.
  4. ↑ Waichert, Cecilia; Rodriguez, Juanita; Wasbauer, Marius S.; von Dohlen, Carol D.; Pitts, James P. (October 2015). "Molecular phylogeny and systematics of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): redefining subfamily boundaries and the origin of the family: Molecular phylogeny of Pompilidae". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 175 (2): 271–287. doi:10.1111/zoj.12272.
  5. ↑ Castro-Huertas, Valentina; Pitts, James P.; Rodriguez, Juanita; Waichert, Cecilia; Fernandez, Fernado (2014). "New records of spider wasps (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) from Colombia". ZooKeys (443): 35–44. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.443.8348 . PMC   4205502 . PMID   25349495.
  6. 1 2 Kimsey, Lynne S.; Wasbauer, Marius S. (2004). "Revision of new world species of the cleptoparasitic pompilid genus Irenangelus Schulz (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 77 (4): 650–668. doi:10.2317/e-1.1. S2CID   85582755.
  7. ↑ "Insects of Panamá". Arizona State University. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  8. ↑ Waichert, Cecilia; Rodriguez, Juanita; von Dolen, Carol; Pitts, James P. (2012). "The Spider Wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Dominican Republic". Zootaxa. 3353: 1–47. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3353.1.1.
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