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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Pimplinae » Theroniini » Theronia » Theronia hilaris

Species Theronia hilaris

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Wasp? Sawfly? - Theronia hilaris - female Wasp - Theronia hilaris - female Wasp - Theronia hilaris - female red braconid? wasp - Theronia hilaris Orange Ichneumon Wasp? - Theronia hilaris Theronia hilaris - male Family Ichneumonidae - Ichneumonid Wasps - Theronia hilaris Theronia hilaris - 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 Pimplinae
Tribe Theroniini
Genus Theronia
Species hilaris (Theronia hilaris)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Theronia hilaris (Say, 1829)

Synonyms:
Ichneumon hilaris Say, 1829
Identification
Tawny or orangish species with the following parts black: head, antennae, apical tarsomere of hind leg, and ovipositor sheath. The latter is about as long as the hind tibia.

Note that the picture in Marshall(1) captioned as this species may be misidentified. (See comment on photo 157111.)
Food
Caterpillars. It is known to parasitize the gypsy moth.
Internet References
Cambridge.org
Works Cited
1.Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America
Stephen A. Marshall. 2006. Firefly Books Ltd.
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 10 December, 2008 - 1:29pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 22 July, 2014 - 3:22pm

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