Rhembobius Explained

Rhembobius is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae.^[1] They are parasitoids of pupal stage Syrphidae.^[2]

The species of this genus are found in Europe.

Species:

• Rhembobius bifrons (Gmelin, 1790)
• Rhembobius bischoffi (Statz, 1936)
• Rhembobius perscrutator (Thunberg, 1824)^[3]
• Rhembobius quadrispinus (Gravenhörst, 1829) ^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rhembobius Förster, 1869 . www.gbif.org . 1 March 2021 . en.
2. Hurtado . Pilar . Pérez-Bañón . Celeste . Rojo . Santos . Biology of Rhembobius quadrispinus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): Pupal parasitoid of saprophagous species of syrphids (Diptera: Syrphidae) . European Journal of Entomology . 14 July 2014 . 111 . 3 . 379–385 . 10.14411/eje.2014.040. free .
3. Verheyde . Fons . Hoekstra . Paul . Libert . Pierre-Nicolas . Meijer . Hilco . Brosens . Edwin . (PDF) Two hundred and five ichneumonid wasps reported for the first time in Belgium and the Netherlands (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) . Belgian Journal of Entomology . 122 . 2021-12-02 . 2295-0214 . 1–142 . 2024-07-15.