Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Some genera were previously in Eclytini of Townes.
Numbers
19 spp. in 6 genera in our area
(1)(2); 14 genera worldwide
(3); 11 genera worldwide
(3)
1. Atopotrophos Cushman, 1940 (2 spp.)
2. Hercus Townes, 1969 (2 spp.)
3. Neliopisthus Thomson, 1883 (7 spp.)
4. Oedemopsis Tschek, 1868 (2 spp.)
5. Thymaris Förster, 1868 (5 spp.)
6. Zagryphus Cushman, 1919 (1 sp.)
Identification
partially weakly sclerotized first gonapophysis (ventral valve) of the ovipositor
Food
solitary koinobiont ectoparasitoid of Lepidoptera larvae
Print References
Bennett, A. M. (2006). A new genus of Oedemopsini (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tryphoninae) with a key to the genera of the tribe. The Canadian Entomologist, 138(4), 464-472.