Euceros Explained

Euceros is a cosmopolitan genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae.

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been placed in Tryphoninae by Townes. It is sister to the genus Barronia.

Distribution

Euceros is primarily found in the Holarctic, plus one species each in Australia and Madagascar.

Select species

These 48 species belong to the genus Euceros:

• Euceros albibasalis Uchida, 1932

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• Euceros albitarsus Curtis, 1837

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• Euceros albomarginatus Cushman, 1922

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• Euceros annulicornis Barron, 1978

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• Euceros arcuatus Barron, 1976

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• Euceros canadensis Cresson, 1869

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• Euceros chinensis Kasparyan, 1984

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• Euceros clypealis Barron, 1978

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• Euceros congregatus Barron, 1976

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• Euceros coxalis Barron, 1978

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• Euceros croceus Barron, 1978

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• Euceros decorus Walley, 1932

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• Euceros dentatus Barron, 1978

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• Euceros digitalis Walley, 1932

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• Euceros enargiae Barron, 1976

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• Euceros faciens Davis, 1897

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• Euceros flavescens Cresson, 1869

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• Euceros frigidus Cresson, 1869

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• Euceros gilvus Barron, 1978

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• Euceros incisurae Barron, 1978

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• Euceros latitarsus Barron, 1978

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• Euceros limatus Barron, 1978

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• Euceros maculicornis Barron, 1978

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• Euceros madecassus Seyrig, 1934

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• Euceros medialis Cresson, 1869

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• Euceros melanosoma Barron, 1976

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• Euceros melleus Barron, 1978

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• Euceros obesus Davis, 1897

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• Euceros obliquus Barron, 1976

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• Euceros pectinis Barron, 1978

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• Euceros pinguipes Barron, 1976

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• Euceros pruinosus (Gravenhorst, 1829)

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• Euceros ribesii Barron, 1976

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• Euceros ruber Barron, 1976

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• Euceros ruficeps Barron, 1978

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• Euceros rufocinctus (Ashmead, 1906)

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• Euceros sachalinensis Kasparyan, 1992

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• Euceros sanguineus Davis, 1897

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• Euceros schizophrenus Kasparyan, 1984

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• Euceros semiothisae Barron, 1976

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• Euceros sensibus Uchida, 1930

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• Euceros serricornis (Haliday, 1838)

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• Euceros signicornis Barron, 1978

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• Euceros superbus Kriechbaumer, 1888

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• Euceros taiwanus Kasparyan, 1992

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• Euceros thoracicus Cresson, 1869

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• Euceros tunetanus (Schmiedeknecht, 1900)

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• Euceros unispina Kasparyan, 1984

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Further reading

• 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.

External links

• Waspweb