Triptognathus uniguttatus

Triptognathus uniguttatus (Gravenhorst, 1829)

Taxonavigation edit

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 edit

Triptognathus uniguttatus (Gravenhorst, 1829)

Original name edit

Ichneumon uniguttatus Gravenhorst, 1829

Distribution edit

Palaearctic (Western and Eastern).

Image edit

Tereshkin, 2011, 2013

Main characters edit

Mandibles rather narrow, evenly narrowed from base to apex, with more or less sharpened apex, without lower tooth. Body black, small spots on vertex and tergites 2-3 of abdomen red. Hypopygium of male at apex with long narrow process.

Detailed description edit

Tereshkin, 2011

Hosts edit

Lepidoptera: Spilosoma menthastri Esp., S. lubricipeda L. Phragmatobia fuliginosa (Arctiidae); Agrotis ypsilon Rott., Nonagria dissolute Tr., N. typhae Thunb. (Noctuidae).

Biology edit

Eggs deposition: larvae. Emerge: pupae.

Hibernation edit

Females hibernate as adult.

Ecology edit

Biotopical preference: …

Seasonal activity: May — August (For Middle Asia) (Tereshkin, 2011, 2014).

Literature edit

  • Gravenhorst, J.L.C. 1829: Ichneumonologia Europaea. Pars I. Vratislaviae: 1–827.
  • 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