Tryphoninae Explained

The Tryphoninae comprise a worldwide subfamily of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae. Most species of the Tryphoninae are koinobiont ectoparasitoids of Symphyta larvae, but members of some genera (e.g. Netelia) are ectoparasitoids of Lepidoptera larvae. Tryphonines have a hair-margined clypeus and two longitudinal parallel ridges occur on the first tergite. The female sometimes has stalked eggs projecting from her ovipositor.

Most species are Holarctic. Fifty-one genera are described.

Tribes and genera

, the following seven tribes are recognized.^[1]

• Tribe Ankylophonini Gauld, 1984
  • Ankylophon Gauld, 1984
• Tribe Eclytini Townes & Townes, 1945
  • Eclytus Holmgren, 1857
• Tribe Idiogrammatini Cushman, 1942
  • Idiogramma Förster, 1869
  • Urotryphon Townes 1973
• Tribe Oedemopsini Woldstedt, 1877
  • Acaenitellus Morley
  • Atopotrophos Cushman
  • Cladeutes Townes, 1969
  • Debophanes Gauld
  • Hercus Townes, 1969
  • Leptixys Townes, 1969
  • Neliopisthus Thomson, 1883
  • Oedemopsis Tschek, 1869
  • Scudderopsis Bennett
  • Thymariodes Kasparyan
  • Thymaris Forster, 1869
  • Zagryphus Cushman
• Tribe Phytodietini Hellén, 1915
  • Biamosa Khalaim
  • Netelia Gray, 1860
  • Phytodietus Gravenhorst, 1829
• Tribe Sphinctini Förster, 1869
  • Sphinctus Gravenhorst, 1829
• Tribe Tryphonini Shuckard, 1840
  • Acrotomus Holmgren, 1857
  • Aridella Kasparyan, 1970
  • Boethella Bennett, 2003
  • Boethus Forster, 1869
  • Chiloplatys Townes & Townes, 1945
  • Cosmoconus Forster, 1869
  • Cteniscus Haliday, 1832
  • Ctenochira Forster, 1855
  • Dyspetes Forster, 1869
  • Eremodolius Kasparyan, 1985
  • Eridolius Förster, 1869
  • Erromenus Holmgren, 1857
  • Excavarus Davis, 1897
  • Grypocentrus Ruthe, 1855
  • Ibornia Seyrig, 1936
  • Kerrichia Mason, 1962
  • Kristotomus Mason, 1962
  • Lagoleptus Townes, 1969
  • Ledora Kasparya, 1983
  • Leviculus Townes, 1969
  • Megatryphon Cockerell, 1924
  • Monoblastus Hartig, 1837
  • Neleges Forster, 1869
  • Orthomiscus Mason, 1955
  • Otoblastus Förster, 1869
  • Parablastus Constantineanu, 1973
  • Polyblastus Hartig, 1837
  • Scapnetes Townes, 1969
  • Schelocentrus Kasparyan, 1976
  • Smicroplectrus Thomson, 1883
  • Thibetoides Davis, 1879
  • Tryphon Fallén, 1813
  • Zambion Kasparyan, 1993

Further reading

• Townes, H.K. (1969) Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 1 (Ephialtinae, Tryphoninae, Labiinae, Adelognathinae, Xoridinae, Agriotypinae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 11: 1–300.

External links

• Diagnostic characters
• Waspweb

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tryphoninae. Hymenoptera Online (HOL). 30 November 2017. 2017.