Genus Glyptapanteles

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited

Glyptapanteles lateral - Glyptapanteles - female

Glyptapanteles dorsal - Glyptapanteles - 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 Braconidae (Braconid Wasps)

Subfamily Microgastrinae

Genus Glyptapanteles

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Glyptapanteles Ashmead 1904. Formerly Apanteles Förster in part (Muesebeck 1920); vitipennis-, octonarius-pallipes-, siderion- demeter-, fraternus- and triangulator- groups of Apanteles (Nixon 1965), and the above groups designated by Nixon plus thompsoni- and liparidis- groups (Papp 1983).

Numbers

About 120 described species world-wide(1)

Size

about 3 mm

Identification

fore wing 2nd submarginal cell open; r-m vein absent

propodeum roughly sculptured, no areola (areola: postero-medial or central-medial area delineated by carinas)

1st metasomal tergite broadly concave basally; without strong medial groove, and broader posteriorly than basally

Hypopygium long or short, no expandable pleats ventrally

metasomal tergites I and II sculptured

2nd metasomal tergite wider apically than basally; roughly rectangular, wider than long

Ovipositor sheaths short, usually less than half as long as hind tibia, setae concentrated at apex, not noticeably wider at apex than at base, inside hypopygium (Whitfield, J.R. 1997. Family Microgastrinae. In:(2))

Range

Cosmopolitan; common and diverse (see "counts" above)

Food

Caterpillars of macrolepidoptera including Pyraloidea. (Whitfield, J.R. 1997. Family Microgastrinae. In:(2))

Life Cycle

Solitary or gregarious koinobiont endoparasitoids. Click here for terminology.

Print References

Muesebeck, C.F.W. 1920. A revision of the North american specie of the ichneumon-flies belonging to the genus Apanteles. Proccedings of the United States National Museum 58:483-576.

Nixon, G.E.J. 1965. A reclassification of the tribe Microgasterini (Hyenoptera: Braconidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 22:33-72.

Papp, J. 1983. A survey of the European species of Apanteles Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Microastrinae). VII. The carbonarius-, circumscriptus-, fraternus-, pallipes-, parasitellae-, vitripennis-, liparidis-, octonarius-, and thompsoni- group. Annales historic-naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 75:247-283. [sic]

Works Cited

1.	Dicky Sick Ki Yu (1997-2015) Home of Ichneumonoidea (Taxapad)

2.	Manual of the New World Genera of the Family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) Wharton, R.A., P.M. Marsh, M.J. Sharkey (Eds). 1997. International Society of Hymenopterists.

Contributed by Joe on 27 June, 2015 - 4:44pm
Additional contributions by PaleoJon
Last updated 30 August, 2024 - 11:48pm

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