Arotes Explained

Arotes is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae.^[1]

The genus was first described by Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst in 1829.

The species of this genus are found in Europe and the Americas.

Species:

• Arotes albicinctus Gravenhorst, 1829
• Arotes amoenus Cresson, 1868
• Arotes decorus (Say, 1835) - parasitoid of Yakuhananomia bidentata ^[2]
• Arotes ucumari Castillo & Sääksjärvi, 2011^[3]
• Arotes ustulatus Kriechbaumer, 1894^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Arotes Gravenhorst, 1829 . www.gbif.org . 18 February 2021 . en.
2. Traylor . Clayton R. . Ulyshen . Michael D. . McHugh . Joseph V. . New Host Records and a Review of Deadwood Associations for Mordellidae (Coleoptera) in North America . The Coleopterists Bulletin . 29 September 2023 . 77 . 3 . 10.1649/0010-065X-77.3.375 .
3. Castillo . C . Sääksjärvi . IE . Bennett . AM . Broad . GR . First record of Acaenitinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from South America with description of a new species and a key to the world species of Arotes Gravenhorst. . ZooKeys . 2011 . 137 . 77–88 . 10.3897/zookeys.137.1788 . free . 22259305 . 3252760 . 2011ZooK..137...77C .
4. Varga . A . A review of the subfamily Acaenitinae Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Ukrainian Carpathians. . Biodiversity Data Journal . 2013 . 1 . 1 . e1008 . 10.3897/BDJ.1.e1008 . free . 24723751 . 3964695 .