Tryphon rutilator

Tryphon rutilator
Tryphon rutilator
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subfamily: Tryphoninae
Genus: Tryphon
Species: T. rutilator
Binomial name
Tryphon rutilator
(Linnaeus, 1761)
Synonyms
  • Tryphon anodon (Schrank, 1802)
  • Tryphon cepae (Geoffroy, 1785)
  • Tryphon ceparum (Schrank, 1802)
  • Tryphon impraegnator (Schrank, 1781)
  • Tryphon insultator (Gravenhorst, 1807)
  • Tryphon quadratus Stephens, 1835

[1]

Tryphon rutilator is a species belonging to the family Ichneumonidae, subfamily Tryphoninae. [2]

Distribution and habitat

This European-Siberian species is present in most of Europe an Siberia, in the Near East and in the Oriental ecozone.[3] These insects mainly inhabit hedge rows. [4]

Description

Tryphon rutilator can reach a body length of 7–11 millimetres (0.28–0.43 in), with forewings of 5–9 millimetres (0.20–0.35 in).[4] Head is weakly compressed posteriorly, witt long yellowish antennae consisting of 29-35 segments. Frons has a weak longitudinal carina. These ichneumonids have a black body and reddish abdomen. Legs are mainly yellow-reddish, with black femurs and tibiae on posterior legs. [5][6]

Biology

Adults can be found from June to July. [4] They mainly feed on nectar of Apiaceae species (especially Anthriscus sylvestris and Heracleum sphondylium). [4]

References

  1. ↑ Catalogue of life
  2. ↑ Biolib
  3. ↑ Fauna europaea
  4. 1 2 3 4 Commanster
  5. ↑ Dmitriĭ Rafėlevich Kaspari͡an Ichneumonidae (subfamily Tryphoninae), Tribe Tryphonini Volume 3, pg. 182
  6. ↑ Murat Yurtcan Keys at The Species of Tryphoninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in Turkish Thrace


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