Genus Atanycolus

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Internet References

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (parasitic Apocrita)

Superfamily Ichneumonoidea (Braconids and Ichneumons)

Family Braconidae (Braconid Wasps)

Subfamily Braconinae

Genus Atanycolus

Numbers

Nearctica lists 36 species.

Identification

Next to impossible to identify this genus from images alone, however it is one of the more common genera in the subfamily. Identification of images on this guide page are NOT absolute!

Habitat

Woodland habitats for the most part.

Food

Parasites of woodboring insect larvae. Adults seldom if ever visit flowers.

Remarks

Again, identifications of images here are not absolute. Some images may be of related genera.

Internet References

Forestry Images

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 9 November, 2007 - 2:38pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 16 January, 2008 - 5:24pm

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