Genus Perithous

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Internet References · Works Cited

Beautiful But Unknown Wasp - Perithous scurra - female

Perithous Wasp Ovipositing - Perithous scurra - female

Beautiful wasp- - Perithous scurra - female

ichneumon wasp female with white stripes on black abdomen - Perithous scurra

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 Delomeristini

Genus Perithous

Numbers

3 spp. in 2 subgenera in our area:(1)

1. Perithous (Perithous) divinator

2. Perithous (Perithous) scurra (2 sspp.: neomexicanus and pleuralis)

3. Perithous (Hybomischos) septemcinctorius

Identification

1. Perithous (Perithous) divinator: ovipositor shorter (1.0x fore wing length), mesoscutum ferruginous with black lateral margins, hind tibia of female ferruginous tinged with brown, hind tarsi ferruginous, north and east from Wisconsin

2a. Perithous (Perithous) scurra neomexicanus: ovipositor length longer (1.6x fore wing length), mesoscutum usually ferruginous with black margins, hind tibia of female brownish, west of the Rocky Mountains

2b. Perithous (Perithous) scurra pleuralis: ovipositor length longer (1.6x fore wing length), mesoscutum ferruginous to fuscoferruginous, hind tibia of female whitish to straw-colored, east of the Rocky Mountains

3. Perithous (Hybomischos) septemcinctorius: ovipositor length longer (nearly twice forewing length), mesoscutum ferruginous, hind tibia of female orange, hind tarsi white with black distal margins, Michigan (adventive)(2)

Internet References

BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems (barcoded specimens of P. divinator)

BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems (barcoded specimens of P. septemcinctorius)

Works Cited

1.	Carlson R.W. () Ichneumonidae catalog

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Bob Carlson on 30 November, 2010 - 10:32pm
Additional contributions by PaleoJon
Last updated 20 October, 2021 - 1:46am

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