Tersilochinae Explained

Tersilochinae is a worldwide subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae.

Tersilochinae species are koinobiont endoparasitoids of Coleoptera larvae, (although Symphyta larvae are recorded as hosts of one genus). Hosts include Curculionidae and Chrysomelidae so Tersilochinae are used for biological control. There are currently 24 genera and 500 species.^[1]

Genera

• Allophroides Horstmann, 1971
• Allophrys Förster, 1869
• Aneuclis Förster, 1869
• Areyonga Gauld, 1984^[2]
• Australochus Khalaim, 2004^{[3] [4]}
• Barycnemis Förster, 1869
• Ctenophion Horstmann, 2010^[5]
• Diaparsis Förster, 1869
• Epistathmus Förster, 1869
• Gelanes Horstmann, 1981
• Heterocola Förster, 1869
• Horstmannoloehus Gauld, 1984^[2]
• Labilochus Khalaim, 2017^[6]
• Megalochus Khalaim & Broad, 2013^[4]
• Meggoleus Townes, 1971
• Palpator Khalaim, 2006
• Petiloehus Gauld, 1984^[2]
• Phradis Förster, 1869
• Probles Förster, 1869
• Sathropterus Förster, 1869
• Spinolochus Horstmann, 1971
• Stethantyx Townes, 1971
• Tersilochus Holmgren, 1859
• Zealochus Khalaim, 2004^[3]

Further reading

• Townes, H.K. (1971): Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 4 (Cremastinae, Phrudinae, Tersilochinae, Ophioninae, Mesochorinae, Metopiinae, Anomalinae, Acaenitinae, Microleptinae, Orthopelmatinae, Collyriinae, Orthocentrinae, Diplazontinae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 17: 1–372.
• Khalaim, A. 2007. First records of Meggoleus, Heterocola and Phradis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae) from the Afrotropical region, with description of four new species. African Invertebrates 48 (2): 101–110.https://web.archive.org/web/20080105080430/http://www.africaninvertebrates.org.za/Khalaim_2007_2_177.aspx
• Khalaim, A.I. 2009. South African species of Aneuclis Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae). African Invertebrates 50 (1): 123–136.https://web.archive.org/web/20111004195721/http://www.africaninvertebrates.org.za/Khalaim_2009_50_1_432.aspx
• Khalaim, A.I. 2013. Afrotropical species of Diaparsis Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae). African Invertebrates 54 (1): 127–159.http://africaninvertebrates.org/ojs/index.php/AI/article/view/260
• Khalaim, A.I. and Sheng, M. 2009. Review of Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of China, with descriptions of four new species Zookeys Pensoft http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/article/view/141

External links

• http://bugguide.net/node/view/117967 Bugguide.net
• Tersilochinae of the Afrotropical Region Waspweb.org

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tersilochinae. zin.ru. 8 February 2018.
2. Gauld. I.D.. 1984. Subfamily Tersilochinae. In: An Introduction to the Ichneumonidae of Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 895. 304–316.
3. A.I.. Khalaim. 2004. New tersilochines from Australia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Tersilochinae). Zoosystematica Rossica. 13. 1. 43–45. 10.31610/zsr/2004.13.1.43. https://web.archive.org/web/20110613165553/http://www.zin.ru/labs/insects/Hymenopt/personalia/Khalaim/pdf/khalaim-11.pdf. 2011-06-13.
4. A.I.. Khalaim. 2015. To the study of Australian Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Russian Entomological Journal. 24. 1. 77–83. 10.15298/rusentj.24.1.08.
5. Klaus. Horstmann. 2010. Revisions of Nearctic Tersilochinae II. Genera Allophrys Förster, Barycnemis Förster, Ctenophion gen. nov., Sathropterus Förster, Spinolochus Horstmann and Stethantyx Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae). Spixiana. 33. 1. 73–109.
6. Andrey I.. Khalaim. Enrique. Ruíz-Cancino. Juana María. Coronado-Blanco. Labilochus brevipalpis, a new genus and species with extremely long mouthparts (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Tersilochinae) from Mexico. Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 2017. 55. 121–127. 10.3897/jhr.55.11452. free.