Genus Homolobus

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range

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 Homolobinae

Genus Homolobus

Numbers

7 spp. in 3 subgenera in our area; ~55 spp. in 5 subgenera worldwide:

Homolobus (Apatia)

1. Homolobus truncator (Say 1828): widespread and widely collected (Canada: AB, BC, MB, NB, NS, ON, QC, SK; United States: AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MN, MO, MT, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OR, RI, SC, TN, VA, WY)

Homolobus (Chartolobus)

2. Homolobus infumator (Lyle, 1914): BC, NB, ON, QC; AZ, CA, CO, FL, ME, MN, NM, NV, SC, UT, WA

Homolobus (Oulophus)

3. Homolobus acares Achterberg, 1979: AZ

4. Homolobus antefurcalis Achterberg, 1979: NM

5. Homolobus armatus Achterberg 1979: AZ, NM

6. Homolobus flagitator (Curtis, 1837): AB, BC, NF, ON, QC; AK, CA, CO, NC, NH

7. Homolobus mesoxiphius Achterberg 1979: AZ, NM?

Identification

Vein (RS+M)a (=1-SR+M) straight in Homolobus versus curved in Exasticolus.

Our subgenera are distinguished as follows:

Tarsal claws simple; forewing vein 1A+2A straight; antennae with segments 3-6 lacking an inner ridgel r of hindwing usually absent .... Homolobus (Apatia)

Tarsal claws with tooth-like basal lobe, forewing vein 1A+2A curved; antennae with segments 3-6 with an inner ridge; r of hindwing absent ... Homolobus (Chartolobus)

Tarsal claws with tooth-like basal lobe; forewing vein 1A+2A straight; antennae with segments 3-6 with or without an inner ridge; r of hindwing present ... Homolobus (Oulophus)

Range

Cosmopolitan

Contributed by v belov on 12 February, 2010 - 3:08pm
Additional contributions by PaleoJon
Last updated 27 November, 2023 - 4:56pm

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