Acrotaphus

Acrotaphus
Acrotaphus wiltii female
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Tribe: Ephialtini
Genus:
Townes & Townes, 1960

Acrotaphus is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae.[1] There are 27 described species in the genus.[2][3] They are parasitoids of spiders in the families Araneidae and Tetragnathidae.[4]

Species

These 27 species belong to the genus Acrotaphus:[2]

  • Acrotaphus amajari (Pádua, 2020)
  • Acrotaphus amazonicus (Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020)
  • Acrotaphus bodoquenaensis (Pádua, 2020)
  • Acrotaphus chedelae (Gauld, 1991)
  • Acrotaphus cuzconus (Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020)
  • Acrotaphus dolichopus (Pádua, 2020)
  • Acrotaphus fasciatus (Brulle, 1846)
  • Acrotaphus fascipennis (Cresson, 1865)
  • Acrotaphus ferruginosus (Cresson, 1865)
  • Acrotaphus franklini (Gauld, 1991)
  • Acrotaphus fuscipennis (Cresson, 1865)
  • Acrotaphus homeofranklini (Pádua, 2020)
  • Acrotaphus jackiechani (Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020)
  • Acrotaphus japi (Higa & Penteado-Dias, 2019)[5]
  • Arcotaphus kourou (Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020)
  • Acrotaphus latifasciatus (Cameron, 1911)
  • Acrotaphus mexicanus (Cameron, 1886)
  • Acrotaphus micrus (Pádua, 2020)
  • Acrotaphus monotaenius (Pádua, 2020)
  • Acrotaphus nambilloensis (Pádua, 2020)
  • Acrotaphus pseudoamazonicus (Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020)
  • Acrotaphus pseudomexicanus (Pádua, 2020)
  • Acrotaphus tibialis (Cameron, 1886)
  • Acrotaphus venezuelanus (Pádua, 2020)
  • Acrotaphus wagnerianae (Pádua, 2020)[3]
  • Acrotaphus wiltii (Cresson, 1870)[1]
  • Acrotaphus zampieronae (Pádua, 2020)

References

  1. ^ a b 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 2018-05-08.
  2. ^ a b Pádua, Diego G.; Sääksjärvi, Ilari E.; Monteiro, Ricardo F.; Oliveira, Marcio L. (January 19, 2020). "Review of the New World genus Acrotaphus Townes, 1960 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae), with descriptions of fifteen new species". Zootaxa. 4719 (1): zootaxa.4719.1.1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4719.1.1. PMID 32230647. S2CID 212927763.
  3. ^ a b Pádua, Diego G.; Kloss, Thiago G. (July 9, 2020). "A new species of Acrotaphus Townes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from the Brazilian Amazon, with notes on its host spider behavioral modification". Zootaxa. 4810 (1): 161–168. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4810.1.10.
  4. ^ Gauld, Ian D.; Dubois, Jacques (2006-03-29). "Phylogeny of the Polysphincta group of genera (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae; Pimplinae): a taxonomic revision of spider ectoparasitoids". Systematic Entomology. 31 (3). Wiley: 529–564. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00334.x. ISSN 0307-6970.
  5. ^ P. T. Higa; A. M. Penteado-Dias (May 20, 2019). "Altitudinal effects on diversity of Pimplinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Southeast Brazil and description of new species". Brazilian Journal of Biology. 80 (2): Article. doi:10.1590/1519-6984.210438. PMID 31116298.