Echthromorpha

Echthromorpha is a widespread genus of the parasitic wasp family Ichneumonidae.

Echthromorpha
Echthromorpha agrestoria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Ichneumonidae
Subfamily:	Pimplinae
Tribe:	Pimplini
Genus:	Echthromorpha Holmgren, 1868[1]
Synonyms
Notiopimpla Vachal, 1907

Echthromorpha species are parasitoids of insects, usually the pupae of Lepidoptera.

Species

There are 14 species:^[2][3]

• Echthromorpha agrestoria (Swederus, 1787)
• Echthromorpha ashmeadi (Perkins, 1910)
• Echthromorpha ceramocare (Vachal, 1907)
• Echthromorpha gnathon Krieger, 1909
• Echthromorpha hawaiiensis (Ashmead, 1900)
• Echthromorpha inimica (Smith, 1863)
• Echthromorpha intricatoria (Fabricius, 1804)
• Echthromorpha marquisensis Cheesman, 1928
• Echthromorpha nigricornis (Smith, 1865)
• Echthromorpha nukuhivae Perkins, 1952
• Echthromorpha plagiata (Smith, 1858)
• Echthromorpha quodi (Vachal, 1907)
• Echthromorpha tirathabae Perkins, 1937
• Echthromorpha walkeri Cameron, 1886

Distribution

These wasps are found in the Afrotropical, Indomalayan, Australasian, and Oceanian realms. Most species have restricted distributions in Australasia and Oceania, but Echthromorpha agrestoria is widespread from Africa to Oceania.^[4]

Gallery

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  Echthromorpha intricatoria