Acrotaphus

Acrotaphus is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. There are about 26 described species in Acrotaphus.[1][2][3][4]

Acrotaphus
Acrotaphus wiltii female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Ichneumonidae
Tribe:	Ephialtini
Genus:	Acrotaphus Townes & Townes, 1960

Species

These 26 species belong to the genus Acrotaphus:

• Acrotaphus amajari (Pádua, 2020)[5]
• Acrotaphus amazonicus (Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020)[5]
• Acrotaphus bodoquenaensis (Pádua, 2020)[5]
• Acrotaphus chedelae (Gauld, 1991) ^{c g}
• Acrotaphus cuzconus (Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020)[5]
• Acrotaphus dolichopus (Pádua, 2020)[5]
• Acrotaphus fasciatus (Brulle, 1846) ^{c g}
• Acrotaphus fascipennis (Cresson, 1865) ^c
• Acrotaphus ferruginosus (Cresson, 1865) ^{c g}
• Acrotaphus franklini (Gauld, 1991) ^{c g}
• Acrotaphus fuscipennis (Cresson, 1865) ^{c b}
• Acrotaphus homeofranklini (Pádua, 2020)[5]
• Acrotaphus jackiechani (Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020)[5]
• Acrotaphus japi (Higa & Penteado-Dias, 2019)[6]
• Arcotaphus kourou (Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020)[5]
• Acrotaphus latifasciatus (Cameron, 1911) ^{c g}
• Acrotaphus mexicanus (Cameron, 1886) ^c
• Acrotaphus micrus (Pádua, 2020)[5]
• Acrotaphus monotaenius (Pádua, 2020)[5]
• Acrotaphus nambilloensis (Pádua, 2020)[5]
• Acrotaphus pseudoamazonicus (Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020)[5]
• Acrotaphus pseudomexicanus (Pádua, 2020)[5]
• Acrotaphus tibialis (Cameron, 1886) ^{c g}
• Acrotaphus venezuelanus (Pádua, 2020)[5]
• Acrotaphus wiltii (Cresson, 1870) ^{c g b}
• Acrotaphus zampieronae (Pádua, 2020)[5]

Data sources: i = ITIS,[7] c = Catalogue of Life,[1] g = GBIF,[2] b = Bugguide.net[3]

References

1. "Browse Acrotaphus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
2. "Acrotaphus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
3. "Acrotaphus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
4. Carlson, Robert W. "Superfamily Ichneumonoidea, Discover Life". Retrieved 2018-05-08.
5. Diego G. Pádua; Ilari E. Sääksjärvi; Ricardo F. Monteiro; Marcio L. Oliveira (January 19, 2020). "Review of the New World genus Acrotaphus Townes, 1960 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae), with descriptions of fifteen new species". Zootaxa. in press. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4719.1.1.
6. P. T. Higa; A. M. Penteado-Dias (May 20, 2019). "Altitudinal effects on diversity of Pimplinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Southeast Brazil and description of new species". Brazilian Journal of Biology. in press: Article. doi:10.1590/1519-6984.210438. PMID 31116298.
7. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-05-08.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D., eds. (1979). "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico". Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 2018-05-08.