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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) » Helconinae » Wroughtonia

Genus Wroughtonia

Classification · Identification · Works Cited
Braconid Wasp - Wroughtonia ferruginea - female Braconid Wasp - Wroughtonia ferruginea - female Small wasp - Wroughtonia Wroughtonia - male Wroughtonia - male Wroughtonia - male Braconid wasp - Helconinae - Wroughtonia necydalidis - female Braconid wasp - Helconinae - Wroughtonia necydalidis - 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 Helconinae
Genus Wroughtonia
Identification
8 spp. in our area:(1)(2)
1. Wroughtonia borealis (Cresson, 1873): eastern (ME, NY, NC, PA, SC, VA)
2. Wroughtonia castaneae (Viereck, 1912): eastern (CT, GA, NC)
3. Wroughtonia ferruginea (Brues, 1907): eastern and central (AL, CO, TX, and PA to GA)
4. Wroughtonia frigida (Cresson, 1873): western (BC; CA, ID, MT, OR, WA)
5. Wroughtonia grandis Ashmead, 1889: LA
6. Wroughtonia ligator (Say, 1824): transcontinental (QC to FL, west to ON, ND, and TX, OR)
7. Wroughtonia necydalidis (Cushman, 1931): western (BC; CA, ID, OR, WA)
8. Wroughtonia occidentalis (Cresson, 1865): primarily eastern (NB, ON, QC; CO, ME, MI, NC, NH, WI, WV, WY)
Works Cited
1.Marsh, Paul M. Braconidae catalog — in Krombein et al. (1979) Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico
2.Nomina Insecta Nearctica
Poole, Robert W. Nearctica.com, Inc.
Contributed by v belov on 30 January, 2010 - 12:25pm
Additional contributions by PaleoJon
Last updated 26 April, 2024 - 6:37am

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