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Compsocryptus

Compsocryptus is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae.

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Compsocryptus
Compsocryptus texensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subfamily: Cryptinae
Tribe: Cryptini
Subtribe: Cryptina
Genus: Compsocryptus
Ashmead, 1900

Compsocryptus is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae.1

Species

The following 21 species belong to the genus Compsocryptus:1234

  • Compsocryptus apicalis Townes, 1962
  • Compsocryptus aridus Townes, 1962
  • Compsocryptus buccatus (Cresson, 1872)
  • Compsocryptus calipterus (Say, 1835)
  • Compsocryptus crotchii (Cresson, 1879)
  • Compsocryptus fasciipennis (Brullé, 1846)
  • Compsocryptus fletcheri (Provancher, 1888)
  • Compsocryptus fuscofasciatus (Brulle, 1846)
  • Compsocryptus hugoi Kasparyan & Ruiz-Cancino, 2005
  • Compsocryptus jamiesoni Nolfo, 1982
  • Compsocryptus melanostigma (Brullé, 1846)
  • Compsocryptus orientalis Alayo & Tzankov, 1974
  • Compsocryptus pallens Townes, 1962
  • Compsocryptus purpuripennis (Cresson, 1879)
  • Compsocryptus resolutus (Cresson, 1879)
  • Compsocryptus stangei Porter, 1989
  • Compsocryptus texensis Townes, 1962
  • Compsocryptus tricinctus Townes, 1962
  • Compsocryptus turbatus (Cresson, 1879)
  • Compsocryptus unicolor Townes, 1962
  • Compsocryptus xanthostigma (Brullé, 1846)
References

References

  1. Townes, Henry; Townes, Marjorie (1962). "Ichneumon-Flies of America North of Mexico: 3. Subfamily Gelinae, Tribe Mesostenini". United States National Museum Bulletin. 216 (3): 1–602. doi:10.5479/si.03629236.216.1-3. S2CID 84521462.
  2. Nolfo, Sal (1982). "Compsocryptus jamiesoni, A New Ichneumonid From California (Hymenoptera)". Entomological News. 93 (2): 42. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  3. Porter, Charles C. (1989). "Compsocryptus of the Northern Caribbean with Description of a New Species from Hispaniola (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)". The Florida Entomologist. 72 (4): 665–673. doi:10.2307/3495045. JSTOR 3495045.
  4. Kasparyan, Rafaelevich; Ruiz-Cancino, Enrique (2005). Avispas Parasíticas De Plagas Y Otros Insectos Cryptini De México (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae) Parte I. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico: Autonomous University of Tamaulipas. pp. 289 pp. ISBN 968-7662-88-3.