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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) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Braconinae » Atanycolus

Genus Atanycolus

Classification · Pronunciation · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Braconid Wasp Genus Atanycolus Female - Atanycolus - female

Ichneumon Wasp (?) - Atanycolus - 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 Braconinae

Genus Atanycolus

Pronunciation

Ah tan ee KOH luss

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Alienoclypeus Shenefelt, 1978

Nearctic species transferred:Alienoclypeus insolitus

Numbers

~38 spp.* (36 listed in Nearctica, plus A. cappaerti or A. insolitus)

* Marsh & Strazanac are preparing a revision that may further affect out species count

Size

5+ mm

Identification

Next to impossible to identify this genus from images alone, however it is one of the more common genera in the subfamily. Identification of images on this guide page are NOT absolute!

habitus and wings

scape (1st segment of antenna)

Per Dr. Scott Shaw: "The form of the first antennal segment (scape) is distinctive for the genus, being sharply excavated at both base and apex."

Scape structure

Wing venation

Range

In New World, Canada to Costa Rica. Common in temperate part of range.(1)

Habitat

Woodland habitats for the most part.

Food

Parasites of woodboring beetle larvae, especially metallic wood-boring beetles (Buprestidae) and longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae).(1)

Remarks

Again, identifications of images here are not absolute. Some images may be of related genera.

Atanycolus pupal remains that was found under loose bark of a fallen Eastern White Pine in Missouri.

Internet References

Forestry Images

Works Cited

1.	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 Eric R. Eaton on 9 November, 2007 - 2:38pm
Additional contributions by josephfortier, Beatriz Moisset, Bob Carlson, PaleoJon
Last updated 18 January, 2025 - 11:28pm

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