Apechthis
Genus of wasps
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Apechthis is a genus of insects belonging to the family Ichneumonidae.[1]
| Apechthis | |
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| Apechthis rufata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Ichneumonidae |
| Subfamily: | Pimplinae |
| Tribe: | Pimplini |
| Genus: | Apechthis Förster, 1869 |
The genus was first described by Arnold Förster in 1869.[1]
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.[1] Body color changes depending on distribution, with yellow Apechthis species found towards the equator. [2]
Species:
- Apechthis cantika Watanabe & Takasuka, 2013 - found in Indonesia [2]
- Apechthis capulifera (Kriechbaumer, 1887) [3]
- Apechthis ontario (Cresson, 1870)[1] - as species name suggests, found in North America[4]
- Apechthis quadridentata (Thomson, 1877) [3]
- Apechthis rapae (Uchida, 1925) - found in South Korea, Japan, and Russia [3]
- Apechthis rufata (Gmelin, 1790)[1]
- Apechthis taiwana Uchida, 1928 - found in southern China and Taiwan. [2]