Euceros

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Euceros
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subfamily: Eucerotinae
Genus: Euceros
Gravenhorst, 1829
Euceros albitarsus Curtis Illustration from British Entomology

Euceros is a cosmopolitan genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae.[1]

Taxonomy[edit]

The genus has previously been placed in Tryphoninae by Townes[2] and Ctenopelmatinae.[citation needed] It is sister to the genus Barronia.[2]

Distribution[edit]

Euceros is primarily found in the Holarctic, plus one species each in Australia and Madagascar.[2]

Select species[edit]

These 48 species belong to the genus Euceros:

Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Carlson, Robert W. (1979). "Ichneumonidae". In Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd, Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D. (eds.). Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Vol. 1. Symphyta and Apocrita (Parasitica). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 385–386. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  2. ^ a b c "Synoptic Lists of World Genera and Family-group Names". American Entomological Institute. 2014. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
  3. ^ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  4. ^ "Browse Euceros". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  5. ^ "Euceros". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  6. ^ "Euceros Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.

Further reading[edit]

  • Barron, J.R. 1976. Systematics of Nearctic Euceros (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Eucerotinae). Naturaliste Canadien 103:285‑375.
  • Barron, J.R. 1978. Systematics of the world Eucerotinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), Part 2. Non‑Nearctic species. Naturaliste Canadien l05: 327–24.

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