Liotryphon

Liotryphon is a genus of insect belonging to the family Ichneumonidae, in the subfamily Pimplinae.

Taxonomy

The genus was first described in 1900 by William Harris Ashmead as a replacement name for Liogaster <small>Kriechbaumer, 1890</small> (junior homonym of Liogaster Meyer, 1844). Liotryphon is also a senior synonym of Apistephialtes <small>Seyrig, 1928</small>, a replacement name for Apistes <small>Seyrig, 1927</small> (junior homonym of Apistes <small>Fischer, 1823</small>).

Species

Liotryphon contains at least 27 species:

• Liotryphon arcticus
• Liotryphon aruni
• Liotryphon ascaniae
• Liotryphon atriceps
• Liotryphon burmensis
• Liotryphon caudatus
• Liotryphon cercopithecus
• Liotryphon coracinus
• Liotryphon crassicephalus
• Liotryphon crassiseta
• Liotryphon cydiae
• Liotryphon dentatus
• Liotryphon gauldi
• Liotryphon gracilis
• Liotryphon heterocerus
• Liotryphon laspeyresiae
• Liotryphon masoni
• Liotryphon nucicola
• Liotryphon petulcus
• Liotryphon pronotalis
• Liotryphon punctulatus
• Liotryphon pygmaeus
• Liotryphon rostratus
• Liotryphon rufithorax
• Liotryphon strobilellae
• Liotryphon tamajalus
• Liotryphon variatipes

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