Ecphylus
A moderate genus present worldwide. More than 70 species have been described [1].
The synonyms currently recognized are:
Paraecphylus Ashmead 1900 (synonymized by Marsh in 1965)
Sycosoter Picard & Lichtenstein (synonymized by Muesebeck in 1935)
The subgenus Sactopus Ashmead, 1900 has been synonymized by Muesebeck in 1935 but reinstated by Belokobylskij in 1993.
References
- , “Taxapad 2012, Ichneumonoidea 2011. Database on flash-drive.”. www.taxapad.com, Ottawa, Canada., 2012.
Hosts of larvae beetle Anobiidae, Cerambycidae, Scolytidae, Lyctidae and Bostrichidae [1].
References
- , “Systematics, distribution and diversity of the Australasian doryctine wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae).”, Records of the South Australian Museum Monograph Series, vol. 8, pp. 1-150, 2004.
Head subcubical or sightly transverse; frons more or less flat, without median keel; ocellar triangle with base usually larger than its sides; eyes glabrous; occipital carina present, usually reduced ventrally and not fused with hypostomal carina; postgenal bridge narrow; palpi formula 5-3; scape wide and short, without apical lobe; neck of promesosoma short, falt or slightly convex dorsally; anterior mesonotum subvertical, distinctly raised above pronotum; notauli more or less deep in anterior half, shallow or absent in posterior half; sternaulus shallow, long, straight; prepectal carina distinct and complete; propodeum with or without marginate areas; lateral tubercles and propodeal bridge absent; fore tibia with small spines arranged in single row; hind coxa small, without basoventral tooth and corner; hind basitarsus 0.8-1.0 x as long as segments 2-5 combined; fore wing marginal cell usually not shortened; 2RS present; r-m present; 1m-cu strongly antefurcal; 1cu-a absent;fused subbasal and first subdiscal cell closed apically well before 1m-cu; 3CU interstitial; hind wing cu-a absent; subbasal cell absent; m-cu absent; first metasomal tergite not petiolate, wide, with dorsope; acrosternite short, 0.2 x as long as tegite; second suture shallow and straight or absent; second tergite without furrows or defined areas, smooth; ovipositor short or long; apex of dorsal valve with 2 small and widely separated nodes, apex of ventral valve serrate [1].
Small size, 4 mm or less; fore wing vein r-m absent, vein RS+M absent or present, vein 2M absent or present as a short tubular vein beyond vein 2RS, vein 1cu-a absent, first subdiscal cell closed; vein 2-1A meetin vein 1CU basad vein 1m-cu, vein 2CU interstitial with vein 1CU; hind wing vein cu-a absent, vein 1A only short stub, vein RS absent; hind coxa round at base without basal tubercle; basal sternal plate of first metasomal segment 0.25 or less length of tergum; wingless forms present [2].
References
- , “Systematics, distribution and diversity of the Australasian doryctine wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae).”, Records of the South Australian Museum Monograph Series, vol. 8, pp. 1-150, 2004.
- , The Doryctinae of Costa Rica (excluding the genus Heterospilus), vol. 70, 1 vol. Gainsville, Fl.: American Entomological Institute, 2002, p. 319.
The lack of vein 1cu-a of fore wing separates this genus from all others of the New World [1].
References
- , The Doryctinae of Costa Rica (excluding the genus Heterospilus), vol. 70, 1 vol. Gainsville, Fl.: American Entomological Institute, 2002, p. 319.
Afrotropical, Australasian, Nearctic, Neotropical, Palaearctic, Oceanic, Oriental.