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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) » Banchinae » Banchini » Exetastes

Genus Exetastes

Classification · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited
Ichneumon - Exetastes suaveolens - male Pimplinae - Exetastes fornicator - female Ichneumonidae? - Exetastes suaveolens - female Wasp - Exetastes angustoralis - female ichneumonid 1 - Exetastes fornicator - female Ichneumon wasp ? - Exetastes suaveolens - female Ichneumnidae - Exetastes Ichneumonidae - ? Therion sp. - Exetastes suaveolens
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 Banchinae
Tribe Banchini
Genus Exetastes
Numbers
a large genus with 51 spp. north of Mexico(1)
Range
worldwide except Australian(2)
Habitat
Mostly unforested terrain or ecotones between forest and grassland(2)
Food
cutworms(2)
Works Cited
1.Carlson R.W. () Ichneumonidae catalog
2.Classification and Systematics of the Ichneumonidae
Contributed by tom murray on 29 September, 2009 - 9:37pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 12 January, 2010 - 8:39pm

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