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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) » Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasps (Ophioninae) » Eremotylus

Genus Eremotylus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited
Thin Waisted Wasp ? - Eremotylus Ichneumon - Eremotylus Wasp - Eremotylus - female Ophion sp. - Eremotylus Ichneumonid - Eremotylus Ichneumon Wasp... - Eremotylus - male Eremotylus from Texas Panhandle - Eremotylus Male, Eremotylus? - Eremotylus - male
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 Ophioninae (Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasps)
Genus Eremotylus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eremotylus Förster, 1869
Genophion Felt, 1904
Boethoneura Cushman, 1947
Chilophion Cushman, 1947
Clistorapha Cushman, 1947
Chlorophion Townes, 1971
Numbers
5 described spp. in our area (1)(2)(3)
1. Eremotylus abnormum: CO, sw KS, sw SD, WY
2. Eremotylus arida: AZ, NV
3. Eremotylus bulbosus(3): MI
4. Eremotylus costalis: CO, s ID, s OR (1000-2150 m. elevation)
5. Eremotylus subfuliginosus: AZ, CA
Identification
Eremotylus may be identified by the following combination of traits:(1)

Fore wing with vein r-rs of fore wing basally thickened and abruptly curved; ramellus absent or at most present as small protuberance.
Base of T2 with distinct median raised area that is semicircular or subtriangular in shape and bounded by weak impressions.
Fore tibial spur with membranous flange along its mesal face on posterior side.
Works Cited
1.Gauld & Wahl. Genera Ichneumonorum Nearcticae: Subfamily Ophioninae
2.Nearctica: Nomina Insecta Nearctica
3.The Nearctic Eremotylus costalis group with the description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae)
Luc Leblanc. 1989. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 25: 77-82.
Contributed by Bob Carlson on 23 April, 2013 - 12:54pm
Additional contributions by PaleoJon, behmrachel
Last updated 22 February, 2023 - 10:35pm

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