Echthromorpha
Genus of insects
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Echthromorpha is a widespread genus of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae.
| Echthromorpha | |
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| Echthromorpha agrestoria | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Ichneumonidae |
| Subfamily: | Pimplinae |
| Tribe: | Pimplini |
| Genus: | Echthromorpha Holmgren, 1868[1] |
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Echthromorpha species are parasitoids of insects, usually the pupae of Lepidoptera.
Species
- Echthromorpha agrestoria (Swederus, 1787)
- Echthromorpha ashmeadi (Perkins, 1910)
- Echthromorpha ceramocare (Vachal, 1907)
- Echthromorpha gnathon Krieger, 1909
- Echthromorpha hawaiiensis (Ashmead, 1900)
- Echthromorpha inimica (Smith, 1863)
- Echthromorpha intricatoria (Fabricius, 1804)
- Echthromorpha marquisensis Cheesman, 1928
- Echthromorpha nigricornis (Smith, 1865)
- Echthromorpha nukuhivae Perkins, 1952
- Echthromorpha plagiata (Smith, 1858)
- Echthromorpha quodi (Vachal, 1907)
- Echthromorpha tirathabae Perkins, 1937
- Echthromorpha walkeri Cameron, 1886
Distribution
These wasps are found in the Afrotropical, Indomalayan, Australasian, and Oceanian realms. Most species have restricted distributions in Australasia and Oceania, but Echthromorpha agrestoria is widespread from Africa to Oceania.[4]