Amblyteles armatorius (Förster, 1771)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ichneumonoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Hymenopterida
Ordo: Hymenoptera
Subordo: Apocrita
Superfamilia: Ichneumonoidea

Familia: Ichneumonidae
Subfamilia: Ichneumoninae
Tribus: Ichneumonini

Species name

Amblyteles armatorius (Förster, 1771)

Original name

Ichneumon armatorius Förster, 1771

Distribution

Palaearctic (Western and Eastern).

Image

Tereshkin, 2011, 2013

Main characters

Species is characterized by strongly developed apophysises of propodeum along with normal, rather narrow bidentate mandibles, along with striated middle field of postpetiolus and peculiar coloration of abdomen with yellow base of front tergites and yellow or with yellow apices of apical tergites.

Detailed description

Tereshkin, 2011

Hosts

Lepidoptera: Cucullia absinthii L, Mamestra brassicae L., M. persicariae L., Triphaena pronuba L. (Noctuidae); Limenitis populi L., Polygonia c-album L. (Nymphalidae); Gonodontis bidentata Cl. (Geometridae); Gonodontis bidentata Cl. (Lasiocampidae) (Eastern Palaearctic).

Biology

Eggs deposition: larvae. Emerge: pupae.

Hibernation

Females hibernate as adult.

Ecology

Seasonal activity: Females and males are collected in the period of end of May – July (Tereshkin, 2014).

Literature

  • Förster, J.R 1771: Novae species insectorum. Centuria I., London: 1–100 (Ichneumonidae: 81–85)
  • Tereshkin, A. 2011: Illustrated key to the genera of the subtribe Amblytelina of Palaearctic (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae, Ichneumonini). Linzer biologische Beitrage, 43(1): 597-711. PDF
  • Tereshkin А.M. 2013: Guide to preparing scientific illustrations in Entomology on an example of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera). Minsk:Pravo i ehkonomika: 1–284. PDF
  • Tereshkin А.M. 2013: Guide to preparing scientific illustrations in Entomology on an example of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera). Linzer biologische Beitrage, 45(2): 1047–1277. PDF
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