Biology:Euceros

Short description: Genus of wasps

Euceros
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Ichneumonidae
Subfamily:	Eucerotinae
Genus:	Euceros Gravenhorst, 1829

Euceros albitarsus Curtis Illustration from British Entomology

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

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been placed in Tryphoninae by Townes and Ctenopelmatinae. 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 ^{c g}
• Euceros albitarsus Curtis, 1837 ^{c g}
• Euceros albomarginatus Cushman, 1922 ^{c g}
• Euceros annulicornis Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros arcuatus Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros canadensis Cresson, 1869 ^{c g}
• Euceros chinensis Kasparyan, 1984 ^{c g}
• Euceros clypealis Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros congregatus Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros coxalis Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros croceus Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros decorus Walley, 1932 ^{c g}
• Euceros dentatus Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros digitalis Walley, 1932 ^{c g}
• Euceros enargiae Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros faciens Davis, 1897 ^{c g}
• Euceros flavescens Cresson, 1869 ^{c g}
• Euceros frigidus Cresson, 1869 ^{c g}
• Euceros gilvus Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros incisurae Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros latitarsus Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros limatus Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros maculicornis Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros madecassus Seyrig, 1934 ^{c g}
• Euceros medialis Cresson, 1869 ^{c g}
• Euceros melanosoma Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros melleus Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros obesus Davis, 1897 ^{c g}
• Euceros obliquus Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros pectinis Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros pinguipes Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros pruinosus (Gravenhorst, 1829) ^{c g}
• Euceros ribesii Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros ruber Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros ruficeps Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros rufocinctus (Ashmead, 1906) ^{c g}
• Euceros sachalinensis Kasparyan, 1992 ^{c g}
• Euceros sanguineus Davis, 1897 ^{c g}
• Euceros schizophrenus Kasparyan, 1984 ^{c g}
• Euceros semiothisae Barron, 1976 ^{c g}
• Euceros sensibus Uchida, 1930 ^{c g}
• Euceros serricornis (Haliday, 1838) ^{c g}
• Euceros signicornis Barron, 1978 ^{c g}
• Euceros superbus Kriechbaumer, 1888 ^{c g}
• Euceros taiwanus Kasparyan, 1992 ^{c g}
• Euceros thoracicus Cresson, 1869 ^{c g}
• Euceros tunetanus (Schmiedeknecht, 1900) ^{c g}
• Euceros unispina Kasparyan, 1984 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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

Wikidata ☰ Q14525874 entry