Tromatobia

Tromatobia
Tromatobia ovivora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Ichneumonidae
Tribe: Ephialtini
Genus: Tromatobia
Förster, 1869[1]

Tromatobia is a genus of parasitoid wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. There are 33 described species in Tromatobia.[1] Species in this genus are parasites of egg sacs of spiders from the families Araneidae, Clubionidae, Philodromidae and Theridiidae.[2]

Select species

  • Tromatobia flavistellata Uchida & Momoi, 1957 [1]
  • Tromatobia lineatoria (Villers, 1789)
  • Tromatobia nipponica Uchida, 1928[1]
  • Tromatobia notator (Fabricius, 1804)[3]
  • Tromatobia ovivora (Boheman, 1821)[3]
  • Tromatobia rufopectus (Cresson, 1870)[3]
  • Tromatobia variabilis (Holmgren, 1856)[3][1]
  • Tromatobia zonata (Davis, 1895)[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Song, Geun-Myeong; Lee, Jong-Wook (31 July 2017). "Review of the Genera Scambus and Tromatobia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from South Korea" (PDF). Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity. 33 (3): 145–161. doi:10.5635/ASED.2017.33.3.015.
  2. ^ Sobczak, Jf; Aps & Sobczak, Jcmsm (21 January 2012). "First record of egg sac predation of the wasp Tromatobia sp. Foster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) upon Araneus omnicolor (Keyserling, 1893) (Araneae: Araneidae)". Revista Ibérica de Aracnología. ISSN 1576-9518. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D., eds. (1979). Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Vol. 1. Smithsonian Institution Press.