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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) » Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasps (Ophioninae) » Enicospilus » americanus complex (Enicospilus americanus complex)
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Large Ichneumonidae - Enicospilus
Copyright © 2005 Maria Hartley

Large Ichneumonidae - Enicospilus
Sweetgum tree, Houston, Texas, USA
July 16, 2001
Size: 3-4cm
Antennae broken.
Wondering if anyone can assist in a genus.

Many thanks
Maria
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Contributed by Maria Hartley on 17 February, 2005 - 2:58pm
Last updated 25 January, 2019 - 12:50pm

Moved
Moved from Enicospilus.
… John F. Carr, 25 January, 2019 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… Hartmut Wisch, 1 November, 2006 - 10:39am login or register to post comments

Large ichneumonid
Maria,

This looks a lot like a wasp I work with in Costa Rica, Enicospilus lebophagus. In the US the common species is Enicospilus americana but the tricky thing is, if I recall right, there's a second US species that occurs in Texas. All you wanted was genus though, and I cannot even say definitively that you have an Enicospilus (though I am 90% sure).

Ian Gauld at the Natural History Museum, London, is the world's expert on this subfamily of wasps, the ophioninae. Gauld has written the definitive monograph on this subfamily for North America, and others for parts south as well. The monograph is illustrated using wing venation to ID species.

Hope this helps,

Cheers,

Eric Olson


http://www.nhm.org/research/entomology/
hymenoptera/ichneumonids/ophioninae.html
… Eric J. Olson, 1 March, 2005 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

 
americanus complex
Agreed. It's definitely in the Enicospilus-americanus complex. However, I'd need to look at the discocubital cell's hairs under the scope to tell you which species.
… Rachel Behm, 25 January, 2019 - 12:41pm login or register to post comments

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