Euceros

Euceros is a cosmopolitan genus of ichneumon wasps in the family Ichneumonidae.

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been placed in Tryphoninae by Townes. It is sister to the genus Barronia.

Distribution

Euceros is primarily found in the Holarctic, plus one species each in Australia and Madagascar.

Select species

These 48 species belong to the genus Euceros:

• Euceros albibasalis <small>Uchida, 1932</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros albitarsus <small>Curtis, 1837</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros albomarginatus <small>Cushman, 1922</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros annulicornis <small>Barron, 1978</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros arcuatus <small>Barron, 1976</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros canadensis <small>Cresson, 1869</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros chinensis <small>Kasparyan, 1984</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros clypealis <small>Barron, 1978</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros congregatus <small>Barron, 1976</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros coxalis <small>Barron, 1978</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros croceus <small>Barron, 1978</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros decorus <small>Walley, 1932</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros dentatus <small>Barron, 1978</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros digitalis <small>Walley, 1932</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros enargiae <small>Barron, 1976</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros faciens <small>Davis, 1897</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros flavescens <small>Cresson, 1869</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros frigidus <small>Cresson, 1869</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros gilvus <small>Barron, 1978</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros incisurae <small>Barron, 1978</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros latitarsus <small>Barron, 1978</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros limatus <small>Barron, 1978</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros maculicornis <small>Barron, 1978</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros madecassus <small>Seyrig, 1934</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros medialis <small>Cresson, 1869</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros melanosoma <small>Barron, 1976</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros melleus <small>Barron, 1978</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros obesus <small>Davis, 1897</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros obliquus <small>Barron, 1976</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros pectinis <small>Barron, 1978</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros pinguipes <small>Barron, 1976</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros pruinosus <small>(Gravenhorst, 1829)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros ribesii <small>Barron, 1976</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros ruber <small>Barron, 1976</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros ruficeps <small>Barron, 1978</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros rufocinctus <small>(Ashmead, 1906)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros sachalinensis <small>Kasparyan, 1992</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros sanguineus <small>Davis, 1897</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros schizophrenus <small>Kasparyan, 1984</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros semiothisae <small>Barron, 1976</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros sensibus <small>Uchida, 1930</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros serricornis <small>(Haliday, 1838)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros signicornis <small>Barron, 1978</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros superbus <small>Kriechbaumer, 1888</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros taiwanus <small>Kasparyan, 1992</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros thoracicus <small>Cresson, 1869</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros tunetanus <small>(Schmiedeknecht, 1900)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Euceros unispina <small>Kasparyan, 1984</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>

<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>

References

Further reading

• Barron, J.R. 1976. Systematics of Nearctic Euceros (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Eucerotinae). Naturaliste Canadien 103:285‑375.
• Barron, J.R. 1978. Systematics of the world Eucerotinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), Part 2. Non‑Nearctic species. Naturaliste Canadien l05: 327–24.

External links

• Waspweb