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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) » Campopleginae » Hyposoter

Genus Hyposoter

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
wasp - Hyposoter - female Boneset wasp - Hyposoter - male wasp - Hyposoter fugitivus - male wasp - Hyposoter - male Parasitoid Wasp from Euchaetes caterpillar - Hyposoter fugitivus Parasitoid Wasp from Euchaetes caterpillar - Hyposoter fugitivus Ichneumon wasp cocoon - Hyposoter Hyposoter fugitivus
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 Campopleginae
Genus Hyposoter
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hyposoter Förster, 1869
Numbers
very large genus, with 27 spp. north of Mexico(1)
Range
Worlwide(2)
Food
hosts are predominantly larval macrolepidoptera which do not conceal themselves when feeding(1)
Remarks
"...Hyposoter, as presently defined, includes as bewildering a diversity of forms as any genus in the family. [...] breaking the Genus into smaller ones that are more meaningful phyletically will require a great deal of research that is not likely to be accomplished soon."(1)
Internet References
UC Integrated Pest Management Program
Works Cited
1.Carlson R.W. () Ichneumonidae catalog
2.Classification and Systematics of the Ichneumonidae
Contributed by John F. Carr on 28 September, 2009 - 8:18pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 13 January, 2010 - 11:13am

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