Scambus

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Scambus
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Scambus annulatus from Commanster, Belgian High Ardennes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subfamily: Pimplinae
Tribe: Ephialtini
Genus: Scambus
Hartig, 1838 [1]
Species

Several, including:

Scambus is a genus of wasps. Species are found in Europe, [2] the Middle East (Turkey), [3] South America (Peru) [4]

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The Ichneumonidae, also known as ichneumon wasps, ichneumonid wasps, ichneumonids, or Darwin wasps, are a family of parasitoid wasps of the insect order Hymenoptera. They are one of the most diverse groups within the Hymenoptera with roughly 25,000 species described as of 2016. However, this likely represents less than a quarter of their true richness as reliable estimates are lacking, along with much of the most basic knowledge about their ecology, distribution, and evolution. It is estimated that there are more species in this family than there are species of birds and mammals combined. Ichneumonid wasps, with very few exceptions, attack the immature stages of holometabolous insects and spiders, eventually killing their hosts. They thus fulfill an important role as regulators of insect populations, both in natural and semi-natural systems, making them promising agents for biological control.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Braconidae</span> Family of wasps

The Braconidae are a family of parasitoid wasps. After the closely related Ichneumonidae, braconids make up the second-largest family in the order Hymenoptera, with about 17,000 recognized species and many thousands more undescribed. One analysis estimated a total between 30,000 and 50,000, and another provided a narrower estimate between 42,000 and 43,000 species.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tenthredinidae</span> Family of sawflies

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pimplinae</span> Subfamily of wasps

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Acaenitinae</span> Subfamily of wasps

Acaenitinae is a subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae. It is distributed on all continents except Antarctica, although only one specimen (from the genus Arotes has ever been discovered in South America. Little is known of the Acaenitinae. The only reared species was a koinobiont endoparasitoid of a weevil. There are 24 genera. Hosts are believed to be Coleoptera larvae in wood. Female Acaenitinae have a large triangular projecting genital plate.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nematinae</span> Subfamily of sawflies

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<i>Allophrys</i> Genus of wasps

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<i>Andricus</i> Genus of wasps

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<i>Euura</i> Genus of sawflies

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<i>Trogus</i> (wasp) Genus of wasps

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ephialtini</span> Tribe of wasps

Ephialtini is a unresolved tribe of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. There may be about 53 genera and at least 120 species in Ephialtini.

<i>Netelia</i> Genus of wasps

Netelia is a genus of ichneumonid wasps in the subfamily Tryphoninae. There are over 330 described species in Netelia grouped into 12 subgenera.

<i>Acrotaphus</i> Genus of wasps

Acrotaphus is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. There are about 26 described species in Acrotaphus. They are parasitoids of Araneidae and Tetragnathidae spider families.

Clistopyga crassicaudata is a species of ichneumon wasp in the family Ichneumonidae which was first described in 2018. It is found in Peru and was one of seven new species found in a narrow zone of vegetation between the Amazon rainforest and the Andes. It received attention in the news due to the size of the female stinger/ovipositor.

Habronyx fulvipes is a species of parasitic ichneumon wasp. It was renamed by Townes, Momoi and Townes in 1965 ; prior to that the species had been named Habronyx chinensis, chinensis meaning "China", in 1955 by Japanese entomologist Toichi Uchida. The holotype and allotype were collected by R. Mell. The species was first named Exochilum Chinense by Morley in 1913.

References

  1. Ueber den Raupenfrass im Königl. Charlottenburger Forste unfern Berlin, während des Sommers 1837. T Hartig - Jahresber. Fortschr. Forstwiss. Forstl. Naturk. Berlin, 1838
  2. The identity of Scambus planatus (Hartig, 1838) and Scambus ventricosus (Tschek, 1871) as seasonal forms of Scambus calobatus (Gravenhorst, 1829) in Europe. M Shaw, M Jennings, D Quicke, Journal of Hymenoptera research, 2011, 23, pages 55–64, doi : 10.3897/JHR.23.1974
  3. The first host record for Scambus sagax (Hartig, 1838)(Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Turkey. S Coruh, G Tozlu - Pakistan journal of biological sciences: PJBS, 2008
  4. Gómez, I.C. & Yabar-Landa, E. 2015: Description of the first species of Scambus Hartig (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Peru, with a key to the Neotropical species. Zootaxa 3956(3): 437–443, doi : 10.11646/zootaxa.3956.3.8