The Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 1

Review of the genus Flavopimpla (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from Vietnam with descriptions of two new species

“…Various authors have treated Flavopimpla and Afrephialtes as separate genera (e.g., Gupta & Tikar 1969;Fitton et al 1988;Sheng & Sun 2010), and the conspicuous yellow-marked, stouter species of the traditional Flavopimpla are superficially distinct from the more monochrome, slender species assigned to Afrephialtes. However, Townes (1969) synonymised Afrephialtes under Flavopimpla and Gauld et al (2002) found 'Afrephialtes' to be paraphyletic with respect to Flavopimpla sensu stricto, supporting Townes's synonymy.…”

“…Ephialtini, one of three tribes of the subfamily Pimplinae (Ichneumonidae), comprises representatives known as idiobiont ectoparasitoids of immature stages of other endopterygote insects or koinobiont ectoparasitoids of spiders (Townes 1969;Fitton et al 1988;Gauld et al 2002;Gauld & Dubois 2006). There are several genera of Ephialtini comprised of large, mainly black species with long ovipositors, including Flavopimpla Betrem, 1932(= Afrephialtes Benoit, 1953.…”

“…Flavopimpla is included in the keys to genera of Ephialtini (Pimplini of Townes) of Townes (1969) and Gupta & Tikar (1976) and can best be recognised by the lack of the lateromedian longitudinal carinae or longitudinal groove of the propodeum, the coarsely punctate propodeum and the narrower, impunctate apical band on metasomal tergites 1-5, when compared to Liotryphon Ashmead, 1900. Species of the African genus Xanthophenax Saussure, 1892, can closely resemble Flavopimpla but can be distinguished by the broader malar space (c. 0.7× basal mandibular width, versus c. 0.3×) and by (in some species) the diagonal grooves delimiting basal, triangular areas on the second tergite.…”

A Study on the Ichneumonid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Isfahan Province, Iran

“…Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) is the biggest hymenopteran family with 51 generally recognized subfamilies, 1579 genera and 24,281 described species, with an estimated 60,000 extant species (Townes, 1969;Yu et al, 2012;Çoruh et al, 2014). Ichneumonidae is represented with about 8711 species in the Palaearctic region (Yu et al, 1997).…”

“…Ichneumonidae is represented with about 8711 species in the Palaearctic region (Yu et al, 1997). Ichneumonids are parasitoids of immature holometabolous insects such as Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Rhaphidioptera, Trichoptera and also other arthropods such as Chelicerata, adult Araneae and Pseudoscorpionida (Townes, 1969). The number of known species of Ichneumonidae increases rapidly in the world (Çoruh et al, 2014).…”