Tribe Ephialtini

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

Ichneumon wasp - Calliephialtes ferrugineus - 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 Ichneumonidae (Ichneumonid Wasps)

Subfamily Pimplinae

Tribe Ephialtini

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Includes Polysphinctini sensu Townes and Townes 1960, much of Ephialtinae of Townes (see (1))

Numbers

By far the largest tribe of the subfamily, with 53 genera worldwide and over 120 spp. in 26 genera north of Mexico(2)(3)

Identification

Wing venation (Dolichomitus irritator)

Range

Worldwide

Food

Larvae are external parasitoids of larvae, prepupae, and pupae of a number of holometabolous insect orders. Some genera (Clistopyga, Tromatobia, and Zaglyptus) parasitize adult spiders.(4)

Life Cycle

Idiobiont ectoparasitoids. Females of this tribe usually paralyze or kill the host before laying their eggs on it.

Internet References

Fitton, M. G., M. R. Shaw and I. D. Gauld. 1988 Pimpline Ichneumon-flies. Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae (Pimplinae). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 7(i).

Works Cited

1.	Ichneumon-Flies of America North of Mexico: 2. Subfamilies Ephialtinae, Xoridinae, and Acaenitinae Henry Townes and Marjorie Townes. 1960. Bulletin - United States National Museum, Vol. 216, Part 2, pp. 1–676.

2.	Classification and Systematics of the Ichneumonidae

3.	Carlson R.W. () Ichneumonidae catalog

4.	Pimpline Ichneumon-flies: Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects M. G. Fitton et al.. 2012. Royal Entomological Society of London.

Contributed by John F. Carr on 27 September, 2009 - 8:43pm
Additional contributions by josephfortier, Aaron Schusteff, v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 28 February, 2024 - 4:32pm

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