Gasteruption Latreille

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Evanioidea; Family: Gasteruptiidae)

Gasteruption Latreille, 1796. Type species: Ichneumon assectator Linnaeus,1758.

Dolichofoenus Kieffer, 1910; Foenus Fabricius, 1798; Gasteryption Semenov, 1892; Gasteryptium Schulz, 1906; Gastrhyptium Schulz, 1911; Gastryptium Agassiz, 1846; Hyptiagaster Dominique, 1893; Phoenus Schletterer, 1889; Plutofoenus Kieffer, 1911; Rhydinofoenus Bradley, 1909; Trichofoenus Kieffer, 1910

	Gasteruption species
	Gasteruption species
	Gasteruption species
	Gasteruption abyssinicum Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption aethiopicum Stadelmann, 1895 Gasteruption albovaginatum Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption australifrone Pasteels, 1962 Gasteruption basilewskyi Basilewsky, 1955 Gasteruption basuta Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption bequaerti Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption bicolor Kieffer, 1911 Gasteruption biquadratum Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption brunnicans Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption caffrarium Schletterer, 1885 Gasteruption coxale Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption crassiventre Cameron, 1906 Gasteruption cribosum Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption curviceps Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption depressum nitidothoracale Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption depressum Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption doederleini Kieffer, 1911 Gasteruption eburneum Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption elongatum Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption enigmaticum Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption erythropus Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption exsectum Schletterer, 1889 Gasteruption ferrugineum Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption filicauda Kieffer, 1911 Gasteruption flavonotatum Kieffer, 1911 Gasteruption francinsci Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption fulvivagina equatoriale Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption fulvivagina Kieffer, 1904 Gasteruption fuscipenne Brues, 1924 Gasteruption fuscivagina Kieffer, 1911 Gasteruption glabratum Schletterer, 1889 Gasteruption gorilla Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption gracile Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption guillarmodi Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption hirsutum Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption ifani Berland, 1950 Gasteruption irsaci Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption jacobi Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption leleupi Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption leptocephalum Cameron, 1906 Gasteruption liebeli Kieffer 1911 Gasteruption lucidum Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption luteipenne Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption luteotegulare Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption macrops Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption madagascarense Benoit 1984 Gasteruption marginatum Schletterer, 1890 Gasteruption mediale Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption melanotarsus Kieffer, 1911 Gasteruption melanothecus Kieffer, 1911 (check status. Type NHML; TL: Port Natal) Gasteruption monticola rubricorne Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption monticola Kiefffer, 1911 Gasteruption nimbale Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption nitidothoracale Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption obconicum Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption occipitale Schletterer, 1890 Gasteruption ocellatum Benoit, 1984 Gasteruption ornatipes Kieffer, 1911 Gasteruption paradoxale Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption pedicellatum Brues, 1924 Gasteruption pedicellatum madecassum Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption peringueyi Brues, 1924 Gasteruption pilosum Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption politum Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption pubescens Pasteels, 1956
	Gasteruption pulchripennis equatorialis Pasteels, ms name?
	Gasteruption punctalbum Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption punctulatum Schletterer, 1889 Gasteruption punctulatum septentrionale Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption robustum Kieffer, 1911 Gasteruption rotundiceps Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption ruwenszorii Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption saharensis Benoit 1984 Gasteruption seyrigi Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption sjoestedti Kieffer, 1904 Gasteruption solmsi Kieffer, 1911 Gasteruption striolatum Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption subnitens Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption transiens Pasteels, 1911 Gasteruption triangulare Kieffer, 1912 Gasteruption trigonum Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption triplex Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption tropicale Kieffer, 1911 Gasteruption turneri Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption vicinum Pasteels, 1956 Gasteruption xylocopae Kieffer, 1911

Distribution	Worldwide.
Biology	Parasitoids of solitary bees and wasps (Anthophoridae, Colletidae, Megachilidae, Sphecidae, and Vespidae (Masarinae) (Jennings and Austin, 2004).
References	Jennings, J. T. & Austin, A. D. 2004. Biology and host relationships of aulacid and gasteruptiid wasps (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea): a review. pp. 187-215. In Rajmohana, K., Sudheer, K., Girish Kumar, P., & Santhosh, S. (Eds.) Perspectives on Biosystematics and Biodiversity. University of Calicut, Kerala, India. Pasteels, J.J. 1955. Contributions à l'etude de la faune entomologique du Ruanda-Urundi (Mission P. Basilewsky 1953). Hymenoptera Argidae, Tenthredinidae et Gasteruptiidae. Annales du Musee Royal du Congo Belge 40: 370-75. Pasteels, J.J. 1956. Révision du genre Gasteruption (Hymenoptera, Evanoidea, Gasteruptionidae) I. Espèces de l'Afrique noire. Annales du Musee Royal du Congo Belge 50: 1-91. Pasteels, J.J. 1956. Hymenoptera : Gasteruptionidae. pp. 483-484. In Hanstrom, B., Brinck, P. and Rudebeck, G. (Eds.), South African Animal Life. Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951 Vol 6. (Alnqvist and Wiksell: Stockholm). Pasteels, J.J. 1958. Trois nouveaux Gasteruption Hymenoptera, Evanoidea, Gasteruptionidae) d'Afrique occidentale. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Entomologique de Belgique 94: 125-128. Pasteels, J.J. 1962. Espèces peu connues on nouvelles du genrs Gasteruption, en provenance de l'Afrique noire (Hymenoptera, Evanoidea). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Entomologique de Belgique 98: 49-60.
Credits	Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa) Photograph of living specimen one © Vida van der Walt (Pretoria) of living specimen two © Joan Young.

Gasteruption Latreille

Distribution

Worldwide.

Biology

References

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