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Genus Hyposoter

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wasp - Hyposoter - female wasp - Hyposoter - female wasp - Hyposoter - female wasp - Hyposoter - male Parasitoid Wasp from Euchaetes caterpillar - Hyposoter fugitivus Another Neat Ichneumonoidea - Hyposoter - female Undescribed Hyposoter female - Hyposoter - female 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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