Ophion peregrinus

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: Ophioninae
Tribus: Ophionini
Genus: Ophion
Species: Ophion peregrinus

Name

Ophion peregrinus Smith, 1876

Synonyms

• Ophion ferrugineus Smith, 1878
• Ophion maoricum Dalla Torre, 1902
• Ophion inflatus (Cushman, 1947; Australophion) [syn. Parrott (1954: 635)]

Holotype male: USNM 57603. Paratypes: none.

Type locality: [Mount] Egmont, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand

References

Primary references

• Cushman, R.A. 1947: A generic revision of the ichneumon-flies of the tribe Ophionini. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 96: 417–482. BUGZ
• Parrott, A.W. 1954: New Zealand Ichneumonidae (paper no. 3) Subfamily Ophioninae. Tribe Ophionini. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 81: 627–645.
• Smith, F. 1876. Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects of New Zealand, collected by C. M. Wakefield, Esq., principally in the neighbourhood of Canterbury. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London [24(3)]: 473–487, plate IV. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1876.tb01922.x BHL Reference page. 
• Smith, F. 1878: Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects from New Zealand, collected by Prof. Hutton, at Otago. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1878: 1–7. Internet Archive BHL

Additional references

• Johns, P.M. 1964: The occurrence of Australophion peregrinus (Smith) (Hymenoptera) on Auckland Islands. New Zealand entomologist, 3 (3): 38. PDF BUGZ