Apechthis Explained

Apechthis is a genus of insects belonging to the family Ichneumonidae.^[1]

The genus was first described by Arnold Förster in 1869.

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. 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)
• Apechthis taiwana Uchida, 1928 - found in southern China and Taiwan. ^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Apechthis Förster, 1869 . www.gbif.org . 17 February 2021 . en.
2. Watanabe . Kyohei . Takasuka . Keizo . Description of Apechthis cantika sp. n. from Sulawesi Is., Indonesia with redescription of the holotype of A. taiwana Uchida (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) . Journal of Hymenoptera Research . Pensoft Publishers . 31 . 2013-03-20 . 1314-2607 . 10.3897/jhr.31.3813 . free . 105–117.
3. Choi . Jin-Kyung . Song . Geun Myeong . Lee . Jong-Wook . Review of the Genus Apechthis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from South Korea . Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity . 31 . 2 . 2015-04-30 . 2234-6953 . 10.5635/ASED.2015.31.2.077 . 77–85.
4. Web site: Microlepidoptera and their parasites reared from field collections in the Northeastern United States : Schaffner, J. V. (John Valentine), b. 1888 . Internet Archive . 2024-06-26 . 2024-09-05.