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Stenarella Szépligeti
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Kingdom: Metazoa
(animals); Phylum: Arthropoda;
Class: Hexapoda;
Order: Hymenoptera;
Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family:
Ichneumonidae; Subfamily:
Cryptinae; Tribe: Cryptini; Subtribe: Osprynchotina)
Stenarella Szépligeti,
1916: 307. Type species: Ichneumon gladiator Scopoli, 1763 (= Ichneumon domator Poda, 1761), by subsequent designation by Roman (1943).
Orientostenaraeus Uchida, 1930: 321. Type species: Orientostenaraeus chinensis Uchida, 1930 (= Mesostenus insidiator Smith, 1859), by original designation.
Parasilsila Cheesman, 1936: 368. Type species: Parasilsila trilineata Cheesman, 1936 (= Mesostenus victoriae Cameron), by original designation.
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Stenarella aurea Santos & Bordera, 2025 (Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone) |
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Stenarella brykella Roman, 1943 (Kenya)
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Stenarella bugalana Santos & Bordera, 2025 (Uganda) |
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Stenarella delicata Santos & Bordera, 2025 (Nigeria, Uganda) |
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Stenarella favilla Santos & Bordera, 2025 (South Africa) |
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Stenarella fenestralis Santos & Bordera, 2025 (Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe) |
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Stenarella hopkinsi Santos & Bordera, 2025 (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda) |
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Stenarella katanga Santos & Bordera, 2025 (Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
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Stenarella lissonota (Cameron, 1906) (South
Africa) |
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Stenarella natalina Santos & Bordera, 2025 (South Africa, Tanzania) |
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Stenarella nigriscuta Santos & Bordera, 2025 (Cameroon, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo) |
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Stenarella nigromaculata Santos & Bordera, 2025 (Central African Republic) |
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Stenarella saaksjarvi Santos & Bordera, 2025 (Uganda) |
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Stenarella tripartita (Brullé, 1846) (Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Senegal, Togo) |
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Stenarella vannoorti Santos & Bordera, 2025 (South Africa) |
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Stenarella domator Poda, 1761 (Palearctic, and introduced in the Nearctic) |
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Stenarella insidiator (Smith, 1859) (Oriental) |
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Stenarella victoriae (Cameron, 1912) (Australasian) |
Distribution
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Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo (Republic of), Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Senegal, South Africa,
Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Also Indo-Australian, Palaearctic, Nearctic (Introduced). |
Biology
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Parasitoids of mud-nesting aculeate wasps and bees (Andrenidae, Megachilidae, Pompilidae, Sphecidae, Vespidae). |
References
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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
Scopoli,
J.A. 1763. Entomologia carniolica. J.T. Trattner, Vindobonae.
30+420+3pp.
Szépligeti,
G. 1916. Ichneumoniden aus der Sammlung des ungarischen
National-Museums. II. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 14:225-380.
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Credits
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Photographs © Santos and Bordero. |
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