Euceros

Euceros is a worldwide genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. It is the sole genus of the subfamily Eucerotinae.[1][2][3][4]

Euceros
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Ichneumonidae
Subfamily:	Eucerotinae
Genus:	Euceros Gravenhorst, 1829

Euceros albitarsus Curtis Illustration from British Entomology

Euceros species are hyperparasitoids of Ichneumonoidea. First instar larvae hatche from eggs laid on leaf surfaces, attach to passing Lepidoptera or Symphyta larva and enter the body of an emerging primary endoparasitoid, such as a campoplegine or banchine or an attached ectoparasitoid. The genus has been variously placed in Tryphoninae and Ctenopelmatinae.

Species

These 48 species belong to the genus Euceros:

• Euceros albibasalis Uchida, 1932 ^{c g}
• Euceros albitarsus Curtis, 1837 ^{c g}
• Euceros albomarginatus Cushman, 1922 ^{c g}
• Euceros annulicornis Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros arcuatus Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros canadensis Cresson, 1869 ^{c g}
• Euceros chinensis Kasparyan, 1984 ^{c g}
• Euceros clypealis Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros congregatus Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros coxalis Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros croceus Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros decorus Walley, 1932 ^{c g}
• Euceros dentatus Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros digitalis Walley, 1932 ^{c g}
• Euceros enargiae Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros faciens Davis, 1897 ^{c g}
• Euceros flavescens Cresson, 1869 ^{c g}
• Euceros frigidus Cresson, 1869 ^{c g}
• Euceros gilvus Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros incisurae Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros latitarsus Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros limatus Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros maculicornis Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros madecassus Seyrig, 1934 ^{c g}
• Euceros medialis Cresson, 1869 ^{c g}
• Euceros melanosoma Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros melleus Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros obesus Davis, 1897 ^{c g}
• Euceros obliquus Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros pectinis Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros pinguipes Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros pruinosus (Gravenhorst, 1829) ^{c g}
• Euceros ribesii Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros ruber Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros ruficeps Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros rufocinctus (Ashmead, 1906) ^{c g}
• Euceros sachalinensis Kasparyan, 1992 ^{c g}
• Euceros sanguineus Davis, 1897 ^{c g}
• Euceros schizophrenus Kasparyan, 1984 ^{c g}
• Euceros semiothisae Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros sensibus Uchida, 1930 ^{c g}
• Euceros serricornis (Haliday, 1838) ^{c g}
• Euceros signicornis Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros superbus Kriechbaumer, 1888 ^{c g}
• Euceros taiwanus Kasparyan, 1992 ^{c g}
• Euceros thoracicus Cresson, 1869 ^{c g}
• Euceros tunetanus (Schmiedeknecht, 1900) ^{c g}
• Euceros unispina Kasparyan, 1984 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[5] c = Catalogue of Life,[1] g = GBIF,[2] b = Bugguide.net[3]

References

1. "Browse Euceros". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
2. "Euceros". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
3. "Euceros Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
4. Carlson, Robert W. "Superfamily Ichneumonoidea, Discover Life". Retrieved 2018-04-05.
5. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-05.

• 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.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D., eds. (1979). "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico". Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 2018-04-05.

External links

• Waspweb
• Media related to Euceros at Wikimedia Commons