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Ecnomius Mason

 

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Braconidae; Subfamily: Ecnomiinae)

Ecnomius Mason, 1979

Classification

Ecnomius vannoorti Braet, 2014 (Tanzania)

Biology

Unknown, attracted to light (Yu et al., 2012).

Distribution

Afrotropical, Indo-Australasian, Palaearctic regions.

References

Austin, A.D. & Wharton, R.A. 1992. New records of subfamilies, tribes & genera of Braconidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from Australia, with description of seven new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 116(1-2):41-65.
Belokobylskij, S.A. & Tobias, V.I. 2000. Braconidae. Key to subfamilies. In: Ler, P.A. (ed.) [Key to the insects of Russian Far East. Vol. IV. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 4.] Opredelitel nasekomykh Dalnego Vostoka Rossii. T. IV. Setchatokryloobraznye, skorpionnitsy, pereponchatokrylye. Ch. 4. Dalnauka, Vladivostok. 651 pp. pp. 8-15.
Belokobylskij, S.A. & Tobias, V.I. 1998. Introduction to the Key. Introduction to Alysinae. In: Ler, P.A. 'Key to the insects of Russian Far East. Vol. 4. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 3.' Dal'nauka, Vladivostok. 706 pp. pp.1-40, 162-163.
Belokobylskij, S.A. 1998. 1. Rhyssalinae, 2. Doryctinae, 3. Histeromerinae, 4. Exothecinae, 7. Gnamptodontinae, 9. Alysiinae (Alysiini), 10. Helconinae, 11. Cenocoeliinae, 12. Brachistinae, 14. Meteorideinae, 16. Xiphozelinae, 17. Homolobinae, 18. Charmontinae, 19. Orgilinae, 20. Ecnomiinae, 21. Sigalphinae, 23. Ichneutinae, 25. Cardiochilinae, 27. Dirrhopinae, 28. Miracinae, 29. Adeliinae. In: Ler, P.A. 'Key to the insects of Russian Far East. Vol. 4. Neuropteroidea, Mecoptera, Hymenoptera. Pt 3.' Dal'nauka, Vladivostok. 706 pp. pp.41-162, 163-298, 411-520, 531-558.
Belokobylskij, S.A. 1993. New taxonomic data on the Braconid fauna (Hymenoptera Braconidae) of Vietnam. Russian Entomological Journal. 2(2):37-67.
Braet, Y. 2014. One new Afrotropical species of the genus Ecnomios Mason, 1979 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Ecnomiinae). Bulletin de la Société royale belge d’Entomologie/Bulletin van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Entomologie 150(2): 163-167.

Chen, Xuexin & Whitfield, J.B. 2003. The discovery of the genus Ecnomios Mason (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in China, with description of a new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 105(2):348-351.
He, J.H.; Chen, X.X. & Ma, Y. 2000. [Hymenoptera Braconidae.] 膜翅目 茧蜂科 (一) [Fauna Sinica. Insecta] 中国动物志 昆虫纲. Vol. 18. Science Press, Beijing, China. 757 pp.
Long, Khuat Dang & Belokobylskij, Sergey A. 2004. A preliminary list of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera) of Vietnam. Russian Entomological Journal. 12(4)(December 2003): 385-398.
Long, Khuat Dang. 2004. [Key to the subfamilies of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) & a complementary list of Braconid wasp species from Vietnam.] (in Vietnamese with English summary) Tap Chi Sinh Hoc [Journal of Biology] Vietnamese Academy of Science & Technology. 26(3A):8-14.
Mason, W.R.M. 1979. A new genus & species of Orgilini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from New Guinea. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 81(4):640-644.
Park, J.S. & van Achterberg, C. 1994. A new genus of the subfamily Ecnomiinae van Achterberg (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Korea. Zoologische Mededelingen. 68(6):49-54.
Quicke, D.L.J. & van Achterberg, C. 1990. Phylogeny of the subfamilies of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Zoologische Verh&elingen. 258:1-95.
Quicke, D.L.J.; Fitton, M.G. & Ingram, S. 1992. Phylogenetic implications of the structure & distribution of ovipositor valvilli in the Hymenoptera (Insecta). Journal of Natural History. 26:587-608.
Sarazin, M.J. 1985. Primary types of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) in the Canadian National Collection. Canadian Entomologist. 117:1177-1222.
van Achterberg, C. 1995. Glyptoblacus gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Blacinae) from Honduras. Zoologische Mededelingen. 69(23):303-306.
van Achterberg, C. 1995. New taxa of the subfamilies Betylobraconinae, Cenocoeliinae, Ecnomiinae, Homolobinae, & Sigalphinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from East Indonesia. Zoologische Mededelingen. 69(24):307-328.
van Achterberg, C. 1993. Illustrated key to the subfamilies of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea). Zoologische Verh&elingen. No.283. 189 pp.
van Achterberg, C. 1985. V. The systematic position of the genera Ecnomios Mason & Pselaphanus Szépligeti (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Zoologische Mededelingen. 59(27):341-348.
Wharton, R.A. & van Achterberg, C. 2000. Family group names in Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 9(2):254-270.
Wharton, R.A.. 2000. Can braconid classification be restructured to facilitate portrayal of relationships? Austin, A.D; Dowton, M. [Eds]. 'Hymenoptera: evolution, biodiversity & biological control.' CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood. 468 pp. Chapter pagination: 143-153.

Yu D.S., van Achterberg K., Horstmann K. 2011. World Ichneumonoidea 2011. Taxonomy, biology, morphology & distribution. Available from Vancouver, Canada: Taxapad. www.taxapad.com

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