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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) » Anomaloninae » Gravenhorstiini » Heteropelma » Heteropelma datanae

Species Heteropelma datanae

Classification · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Large Black Ichneumon - Heteropelma datanae - male Thyreodon or Gnamptopelta? - Heteropelma datanae Black Ichneumonid Wasp with Yellow Antennae: Gnamptopelta or Thereon? Species? - Heteropelma datanae Datana ministra Parasitoid - Heteropelma datanae Oakworm larvae being parasitized on planted sawtooth oak - Heteropelma datanae - male - female Pennsylvania Wasp for ID - Heteropelma datanae Pennsylvania Wasp for ID - Heteropelma datanae Pennsylvania Wasp for ID - Heteropelma datanae
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 Anomaloninae
Tribe Gravenhorstiini
Genus Heteropelma
Species datanae (Heteropelma datanae)
Range
QC west to MN, south to GA, s. LA, & ne. KS(1)
Food
Larval hosts: Datana contracta, D. integerrima, D. ministra, and Datana perspicua.(1)
Remarks
Similar in coloration to both Therion nigripes and T. tenuipes among the Anomaloninae. Both species have a less elongate first tarsomere and longer following tarsomeres. Each also has some degree of yellow facial markings. The Ophionine species Thyreodon atricolor bears similar coloration as well but differs in terms of wing venation, ovipositor length in the females, and a "knob" on the abdomen typical of many ophionine species.


Left to right: Therion nigripes, Therion tenuipes, and Thyreodon atricolor
Internet References
BOLD Systems - Heteropelma
Works Cited
1.Carlson R.W. () Ichneumonidae catalog
Contributed by Jonathan Hoskins on 18 April, 2022 - 2:27am
Last updated 2 July, 2022 - 10:11pm

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