Cryptinae

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Cryptinae
Acroricnus sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subfamily: Cryptinae
Kirby, 1837
Tribes

Aptesini
Cryptini

Synonyms
  • Gelinae Viereck, 1918 (in part)
  • Hemitelinae Förster, 1869 (in part)
  • Phygadeuontinae Förster, 1868 (in part)

Cryptinae is a subfamily of

Phygadeuontinae have since been elevated to a separate subfamily.[2]

Description

Species are distributed worldwide. A 5-sided areolet, a short sternaulus, and a puffy face with a convex clypeus are diagnostic characters for most members of this large subfamily.[3]

Taxonomy

Gelinae was the name used by

Phygadeuontinae for the remaining tribes of Claseini (1 genus) and Phygadeuontini (123 genera), respectively.[2]

There are about 273 genera in Cryptinae between the tribes of Aptesini and Cryptini.[7][8]

Classification

The following classification of Phygadeuontini is based on Wahl (2014):[8]

Tribe Cryptini

Agrothereutes abbreviatus, female
Cryptus albitarsis, female
Xanthocryptus novozealandicus, female
Lymeon orbus, female
Mesostenus thoracicus, female

Tribe Aptesini

Aptesis nigrocincta, female

References

  1. ^
    S2CID 84104340
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  2. ^ . Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  3. ^ Cryptinae. WaspWeb. Iziko Museums.
  4. ^ Townes, Henry K. (1969). "Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 2 (Gelinae)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 12: 1–537.
  5. ^ Fitton, M.G; Gauld, I.D. (1976). "The family-group names of the Ichneumonidae (excluding Ichneumoninae) (Hymenoptera)". Systematic Entomology. 1: 247–258.
  6. ISSN 0007-5167
    . Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  7. ^ Broad, G., & Barthélémy, C. (2012). A new species of Hadrocryptus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae), with the first account of the biology for the genus. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 24, 47.
  8. ^ a b Wahl, David (2014). "Synoptic Lists of World Genera and Family-group Names". American Entomological Institute. Retrieved December 29, 2021.

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