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Polycyrtus

Polycyrtus is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the subfamily Cryptinae. There are more than 160 species of Polycyrtus, found in the Americas.

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Polycyrtus
Polycyrtus neglectus, male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subtribe: Mesostenina
Genus: Polycyrtus
Spinola, 18401
Diversity
at least 160 species
Synonyms
  • Crytopterygimorpha Viereck, 19132
  • Cryptanuridimorpha Viereck, 1913
  • Polycyrtimorpha Viereck, 1913

Polycyrtus is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the subfamily Cryptinae. There are more than 160 species of Polycyrtus, found in the Americas.3456

Polycyrtus neglectus, female source ↗
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References

References

  1. Description de trois Hymenopteres nouveaux recueillis par M. Leprieur a Cayenne. MM Spinola, Magasin de Zoologie, 1840
  2. Descriptions of twenty-three new genera and thirty-one new species of Ichneumon-flies. HL Viereck, Proceedings of the National Museum, volume 46, no 2031, page 369, 1913
  3. "Browse Polycyrtus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  4. "Polycyrtus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  5. "Polycyrtus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  6. Carlson, Robert W. "Superfamily Ichneumonoidea, Discover Life". Retrieved 2018-05-13.
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