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Callajoppa Genus Group

Black Ichneumon Wasp - Gnamptopelta obsidianator - male Ichneumon Wasps - Saranaca apicalis unid wasp?  - Gnamptopelta obsidianator 29-Jun2017.savannah.HN.hymen1 - Saranaca apicalis Wasp - Saranaca apicalis - female Wasp - Saranaca apicalis Gnamptopelta obsidianator? - Gnamptopelta obsidianator ichneumon wasp - Tmetogaster nubilipennis
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 Ichneumoninae
Tribe Ichneumonini
No Taxon Callajoppa Genus Group
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Trogini Foerster, 1868
Trogusini
Trogina Foerster, 1868
Callajoppini Heinrich, 1962
Callajoppina Heinrich, 1962

Represented as an informal genus group to eliminate paraphyly in the Heresiarchini, with Trogini suppressed by Sime & Wahl (2002); Neamblyjoppa placed as a junior synonym of Catadelphops(1)

Later alternatively represented with restored subtribal status by Tereshkin (2009)(2)

The Trogus + (Tashtego + Macrojoppa) lineage was demonstrated to rest significantly outside of the Saranaca + [(Gnamptopelta + Conocalama) + (Dothenia + Charmedia)] lineage by Santos et al. (2021), so the "Trogus Subgroup" can no longer be included.(3)
Numbers
24 spp. in 6 genera in our area:(4)
1. Catadelphops Heinrich, 1962 (2 spp.)
2. Catadelphus Wesmael, 1854 (4 spp.)
3. Conocalama Hopper, 1939 (12 spp.)
4. Gnamptopelta Hopper, 1939 ( 1 sp.)
5. Saranaca Wahl & Sime, 2002 (4 spp.)(1)
6. Tmetogaster Hopper, 1939 ​(1 sp.)

Callajoppa Cameron, 1903: 2 questionable records by Gibson exist for C. cirrogaster cirrogaster; these have later been suggested by Townes et al. (1965) to be most likely misidentified.
Range
Catadelphops Heinrich, 1962
Catadelphops buccatus: western (BC; CA, ID, NV, OR, WA)
Catadelphops nasutus: southwestern (AZ)

Catadelphus Wesmael, 1854
Catadelphus atrox: transcontinental (AB; CA, CO, KS, NM, OK, SD, TX, WY)
Catadelphus ochraceus: central (OK)
Catadelphus ruberior: eastern (MI)
Catadelphus semiruber: northeastern and northwestern (BC, ON; MI, WY)

Conocalama Hopper, 1939
Conocalama bolteri: transcontinental northern (AB, BC, ON, w. NT; NH, NY)
Conocalama brullei: primarily eastern (NH south to GA, west to MI, CO, & TX)
Conocalama canadensis: transcontinental (QC west to AB, south to GA & IL)
Conocalama catalinarum: southwestern (AZ)
Conocalama copei: northeastern (ON, QC; ME, PA, WV)
Conocalama fuscalata: northeastern (ON; NY, PA)
Conocalama galbinata: southwestern (NM)
Conocalama manitobae: northern (s. MB)
Conocalama occidentalis: western (BC; AK, CA, "Dakota Territory", MT)
Conocalama quebecensis: transcontinental northern (AB, BC, MB, NS, ON, QC; ME, MI, OR)
Conocalama rileyi: primarily eastern (CO, IL, KS, NE, NM, SD)
Conocalama violipennis: southwestern (CA)

Gnamptopelta Hopper, 1939
Gnamptopelta obsidianator: eastern (QC west to MB, south to FL through NM)

Saranaca Wahl & Sime, 2002
Saranaca apicalis: eastern (VT south to FL, west to MI and IL)
Saranaca ater: eastern (FL, IL)
Saranaca elegans: eastern (ON, PE, QC; CT, IL, MA, ME, NY)
Saranaca floridanus: southeastern (FL)

Tmetogaster Hopper, 1939
Tmetogaster nubilipennis: eastern (ME south to GA, west to IL)
Works Cited
1.The cladistics and biology of the Callajoppa genus-group (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae)
K.R. Sime & D.B. Wahl. 2002. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 134: 1–56.
2.Illustrated key to the tribes of subfamilia Ichneumoninae and genera of the tribe Platylabini of world fauna
A.M. Tereshkin. 2009. Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2): 1317-1608.
3.Phylogenomics of Ichneumoninae reveals pervasive morphological convergence and the shortcomings of previous classifications
Bernardo F. Santos, David B. Wahl, Pascal Rousse, Andrew M. R. Bennett, Robert Kula, & Seán G. Brady. 2021. Systematic Entomology 46(3): 704-724.
4.Nomina Insecta Nearctica
Poole, Robert W. Nearctica.com, Inc.