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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) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Anomaloninae » Gravenhorstiini » Ophionellus

Genus Ophionellus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Tiny thread-like wasp - Ophionellus texanus - male Tiny thread-like wasp - Ophionellus texanus - male Tiny thread-like wasp - Ophionellus texanus - male Hymenoptera, lateralX - Ophionellus - male Hymenoptera, dorsalX - Ophionellus - male strange wasp - Ophionellus - female wasp072515 - Ophionellus Ichneumonid Wasp - possibly Ophionellus sp.? - Ophionellus texanus
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 Anomaloninae
Tribe Gravenhorstiini
Genus Ophionellus
Explanation of Names
Ophionellus Westwood, 1874
Numbers
6 spp. in our area:(1)(2)
1. Ophionellus bridwelli (Cushman, 1922): MD, SC, n. VA
2. Ophionellus claviger Dasch, 1984
3. Ophionellus deficiens Dasch, 1984
4. Ophionellus foutsi (Cushman, 1922): QC; AZ, IN, MA, MD, ME, MO, MT, NY, PA,
5. Ophionellus texanus (Cresson, 1872): CA, GA, KS, NM, SC, TX
6. Ophionellus virginiensis (Cresson, 1872): DC, IN, MD, MO, NY, SC, WV
Range
New World(3)
Works Cited
1.Nomina Insecta Nearctica
Poole, Robert W. Nearctica.com, Inc.
2.Carlson R.W. () Ichneumonidae catalog
3.Genera Ichneumonorum Nearcticae (2014)
Contributed by Bob Carlson on 22 May, 2012 - 12:55pm
Additional contributions by v belov, PaleoJon
Last updated 25 September, 2021 - 1:46am

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