Acrotaphus is a genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. There are about 26 described species in Acrotaphus.[1][2][3][4] They are parasitoids of Araneidae and Tetragnathidae spider families. [5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Ichneumonidae |
| Tribe: | Ephialtini |
| Genus: | Acrotaphus Townes & Townes, 1960 |
Species edit
These 26 species belong to the genus Acrotaphus:
- Acrotaphus amajari (Pádua, 2020)[6]
- Acrotaphus amazonicus (Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020)[6]
- Acrotaphus bodoquenaensis (Pádua, 2020)[6]
- Acrotaphus chedelae (Gauld, 1991) c g
- Acrotaphus cuzconus (Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020)[6]
- Acrotaphus dolichopus (Pádua, 2020)[6]
- 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)[6]
- Acrotaphus jackiechani (Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020)[6]
- Acrotaphus japi (Higa & Penteado-Dias, 2019)[7]
- Arcotaphus kourou (Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020)[6]
- Acrotaphus latifasciatus (Cameron, 1911) c g
- Acrotaphus mexicanus (Cameron, 1886) c
- Acrotaphus micrus (Pádua, 2020)[6]
- Acrotaphus monotaenius (Pádua, 2020)[6]
- Acrotaphus nambilloensis (Pádua, 2020)[6]
- Acrotaphus pseudoamazonicus (Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020)[6]
- Acrotaphus pseudomexicanus (Pádua, 2020)[6]
- Acrotaphus tibialis (Cameron, 1886) c g
- Acrotaphus venezuelanus (Pádua, 2020)[6]
- Acrotaphus wiltii (Cresson, 1870) c g b
- Acrotaphus zampieronae (Pádua, 2020)[6]
Data sources: i = ITIS,[8] c = Catalogue of Life,[1] g = GBIF,[2] b = Bugguide.net[3]
References edit
- ^ a b "Browse Acrotaphus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
- ^ a b "Acrotaphus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
- ^ a b "Acrotaphus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
- ^ Carlson, Robert W. "Superfamily Ichneumonoidea, Discover Life". Retrieved 2018-05-08.
- ^ Gauld, Ian D.; Dubois, Jacques (2006-03-29). "Phylogeny of the Polysphincta group of genera (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae; Pimplinae): a taxonomic revision of spider ectoparasitoids". Systematic Entomology. 31 (3). Wiley: 529–564. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00334.x. ISSN 0307-6970.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o 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. 4719 (1): zootaxa.4719.1.1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4719.1.1. PMID 32230647. S2CID 212927763.
- ^ 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. 80 (2): Article. doi:10.1590/1519-6984.210438. PMID 31116298.
- ^ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-05-08.
Further reading edit
- 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.
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