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Stenarella domator (Poda, 1761)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Ichneumonidae; Subfamily: Cryptinae; Tribe: Cryptini; Genus: Stenarella)

Ichneumon domator Poda, 1761: 105. Type lost.
Ichneumon gladiator Scopoli, 1763: 283. Type lost. Synonymized by
Gravenhorst (1829).
Ichneumon tarsosus Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785: 408. Type lost. Synonymized by Gravenhorst (1829).
Ichneumon insignitor Villers, 1789: 164. Type lost. Synonymized by
Olivier (1792).
Ichneumon macrourus Gmelin, 1790: 2687. Type lost. Synonymized by
Gravenhorst (1829).
Listrognathus transsylvanicus Kiss, 1924: 60. Holotype ♀ (TMA). Synonymized by Roman (1939).
Stenarella gladiator corsicator Aubert, 1969: 55. Holotype ♀ (MNHN)
Mesostenus cruentator Klug in Waltl, 1835: 80. Lectotype ♀ (MFNB,
designated and synonymized by Horstmann (1989).
Ichneumon ensator Thumberg, 1822: 259. Holotype ♀ (ZIU).
Synonymized by Roman (1912).
Ichneumon domator var. ensator Roman, 1912.
Mesostenus juvenilis Tosquinet, 1896: 214. Holotype ♀ (IRSNB). Synonymized by Roman (1912).
Mesostenus ruficollis Rudow, 1882: 33. Type lost. Synonymized by
Horstmann (1993).
Stenarella domator - Horstmann (1989).

Stenarella domator subspecies, habitus of females, lateral view. A S. domator domator; B S. domator corsicator; C S. domator cruentator; D S. domator ensator.

Distribution

Western Palaearctic.

Biology

Hosts: Eumenes pomiformis (Fabricius) [Vespidae: Eumeninae], Sceliphron spirifex (Linnaeus) [Sphecidae], Diodontus tristris (Vander Linden) [Crabronidae: Pemphredoninae], and Andrena bisulcata (Morawitz) [Andrenidae].

References

Santos BF, Bordera S. 2025. Phylogenomics and taxonomic revision of Stenarella Szépligeti (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 83: 463–511. https://doi.org/10.3897/asp.83.e151385

Credits

Photographs © Santos and Bordero.

Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2026. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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