Acrotaphus Explained

Acrotaphus is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. There are about 26 described species in Acrotaphus. They are parasitoids of Araneidae and Tetragnathidae spider families. ^[1]

Species

These 26 species belong to the genus Acrotaphus:

• Acrotaphus amajari (Pádua, 2020)^[2]
• Acrotaphus amazonicus (Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020)
• Acrotaphus bodoquenaensis (Pádua, 2020)
• Acrotaphus chedelae (Gauld, 1991)

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• Acrotaphus cuzconus (Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020)
• Acrotaphus dolichopus (Pádua, 2020)
• Acrotaphus fasciatus (Brulle, 1846)

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• Acrotaphus fascipennis (Cresson, 1865)

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• Acrotaphus ferruginosus (Cresson, 1865)

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• Acrotaphus franklini (Gauld, 1991)

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• Acrotaphus fuscipennis (Cresson, 1865)

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• Acrotaphus homeofranklini (Pádua, 2020)
• Acrotaphus jackiechani (Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020)
• Acrotaphus japi (Higa & Penteado-Dias, 2019)^[3]
• Arcotaphus kourou (Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020)
• Acrotaphus latifasciatus (Cameron, 1911)

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• Acrotaphus mexicanus (Cameron, 1886)

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• 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)

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• Acrotaphus venezuelanus (Pádua, 2020)
• Acrotaphus wiltii (Cresson, 1870)

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• Acrotaphus zampieronae (Pádua, 2020)

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd. 0-8493-0212-9.
• Web site: 2018-05-08. Krombein . Karl V.. Hurd Jr. . Paul D. Jr.. Smith . David R.. Burks . B.D.. 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Smithsonian Institution Press.

Notes and References

1. Gauld . Ian D. . Dubois . Jacques . Phylogeny of the Polysphincta group of genera (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae; Pimplinae): a taxonomic revision of spider ectoparasitoids . Systematic Entomology . Wiley . 31 . 3 . 2006-03-29 . 0307-6970 . 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00334.x . 529–564.
2. Diego G. Pádua . Ilari E. Sääksjärvi . Ricardo F. Monteiro . Marcio L. Oliveira . 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 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4719.1.1 . 32230647 . 212927763 .
3. 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 . 10.1590/1519-6984.210438 . 31116298 . free .