Hepiopelmus melanogaster

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Hepiopelmus melanogaster (Gmelin, 1790)

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 Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Ichneumonoidea

Familia: Ichneumonidae
Subfamilia: Ichneumoninae
Tribus: Ichneumonini

Species name

Hepiopelmus melanogaster (Gmelin, 1790)

Original name

Ichneumon melanogaster Gmelin, 1790

Distribution

Palaearctic: Western - Europe, Eastern - Japan.

Image

Tereshkin, 2011, 2013

Detailed description

Tereshkin, 2011

Hosts

Lepidoptera: Euthrix potatoria L. (Lasiocampidae), Spilosoma lubricipedum L. (Arctiidae), Simyra albovenosa Goeze (Noctuidae), Vanessa atalanta L. (Nimphalidae).

Biology

Eggs deposition: larvae. Emerge: pupae.

Hibernation

Female not hibernated as adult.

Ecology

(For Eastern Europe):

Biotopical preference: In preference in the forest ecosystems (mainly in the coniferous forests, pine and spruce). In leaf wood and mixed forests they are being met individually.

Seasonal activity: Females is observed from the middle of June to the middle of September with peak of activity in August. Males has similar character with peak in July-August (Tereshkin, 2011, 2014).

Literature

• Gmelin, J.F. 1790: Caroli a Linne Systema Naturae (Ed. XIII). Tom I. G.E. Beer. Lipsiae: 2225–3020.

• 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. 2014. Data on fauna of subtribe Amblytelina (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae, Ichneumonini): 1–24. http://tereshkin-ichn.narod.ru; http://tereshkin.info/. DOC

• Yu D.S., van Achterberg K. & K. Horstmann. 2012. World Ichneumonoidea. Taxonomy, Biology, Morphology and Distribution: URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20160404092612/http://www.taxapad.com/