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Species Brachycyrtus pretiosus

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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 Brachycyrtinae
Genus Brachycyrtus
Species pretiosus (Brachycyrtus pretiosus)
Identification
Distinguished from allies by its fulvous thorax, white markings, lighter hind trochanter, apex of hind tibia dark, darker-marked hind femur, and dark lines on the tarsi(1)
Range
Per personal communication from Dr. David Wahl, "This species is found from Florida and around the Gulf states and thence south to northern Argentina (Gauld, Ichneumonidae of Costa Rica, 3: pp. 29-30)."
Food
Larvae are parasitoids of green lacewing pupae.(2)
Print References
Gauld, Ian 2000. Ichneumonidae of Costa Rica, 3. Memoirs of the American Entomlogical Institute 63, 453 p.
Works Cited
1.Ichneumon-Flies of America North of Mexico: 2. Subfamilies Ephialtinae, Xoridinae, and Acaenitinae
Henry Townes and Marjorie Townes. 1960. Bulletin - United States National Museum, Vol. 216, Part 2, pp. 1–676.
2.Carlson R.W. () Ichneumonidae catalog
Contributed by Bob Carlson on 17 January, 2010 - 10:32am
Additional contributions by PaleoJon
Last updated 24 March, 2021 - 4:50pm

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