Gelinae

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Cryptinae/
Gelinae/
Phygadeuontinae
Unidentified species, Denmark
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea
Family: Ichneumonidae
Subfamily: Gelinae (but see text)
Viereck, 1918
Tribes

Claseini
Cryptini
Hemigastrini
Phygadeuontini

Synonyms

Cryptinae
Hemitelinae
Phygadeuontinae
(but see text)

Cryptinae, Gelinae, Phygadeuontinae and Hemitelinae are names used interchangeably for a subfamily of the ichneumon wasp family of insects. The first three listed are more commonly used. "Cryptinae" was formally proposed by the ICZN, but "Phygadeuontinae" may be the technically valid name. "Gelinae" was used by H.T. Townes in his comprehensive but idiosyncratic review.[1]

A 5-sided areolet, a short sternaulus, and a puffy face with a convex clypeus are diagnostic characters for most members of this large subfamily.

Contents

[edit] Classification

[edit] Tribe Claseini

[edit] Tribe Cryptini

[edit] Tribe Hemigastrini

[edit] Tribe Phygadeuontini

[edit] References

  1. ^ Townes, H.T. (1969): Genera of Ichneumonidae, Part 2 (Gelinae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 12: 1-537.

[edit] External links

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