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Genus Arotes

Ichneumon Wasp? - Arotes amoenus Wasp 4398 - Arotes melleus - female Wasp 4398 - Arotes melleus - female Arotes decorus Ichneumon - Arotes melleus - female wasp070620 - Arotes decorus Arotes decorus? - Arotes decorus - female Arotes decorus? - Arotes decorus - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Ichneumonoidea (Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps)
Family Ichneumonidae (Ichneumonid Wasps)
Subfamily Acaenitinae
Genus Arotes
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Arotes Gravenhorst 1829
Explanation of Names
Arotes Gravenhorst 1829
Numbers
4 spp. in our area(1)
1. Arotes amoenus: widespread northeastern
2. Arotes decorus : northeastern US, southwest to TX
3. Arotes maurus: MN to BC - very similar to A. amoenus but lacking whitish markings along the notauli
4. Arotes melleus: northeastern US
Identification
A group of boldly-patterned, medium-sized ichneumonid wasp. See photos.
Black and yellow coloration, long ovipositor, dorsoventrally depressed abdomen with apical portion laterally compressed, the first tergite narrowed anteriorly and broadened posteriorly and apical dark wing spots.
Range
Holarctic and n. Neotropic; widespread in NA (so. Canada and the e. half of the US)(1)
Habitat
Forests
Food
known hosts include Cerambycidae, Melandryidae, Buprestidae, and Mordellidae(1)