Amblyteles armatorius

Amblyteles armatorius (Förster, 1771)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ichneumonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Ichneumonoidea

Familia: Ichneumonidae
Subfamilia: Ichneumoninae
Tribus: Ichneumonini

Species name

Amblyteles armatorius (Förster, 1771)

Original name

Ichneumon armatorius Förster, 1771

Distribution

Palaearctic (Western and Eastern).

Image

Tereshkin, 2011, 2013

Main characters

Species is characterized by strongly developed apophysises of propodeum along with normal, rather narrow bidentate mandibles, along with striated middle field of postpetiolus and peculiar coloration of abdomen with yellow base of front tergites and yellow or with yellow apices of apical tergites.

Detailed description

Tereshkin, 2011

Hosts

Lepidoptera: Cucullia absinthii L, Mamestra brassicae L., M. persicariae L., Triphaena pronuba L. (Noctuidae); Limenitis populi L., Polygonia c-album L. (Nymphalidae); Gonodontis bidentata Cl. (Geometridae); Gonodontis bidentata Cl. (Lasiocampidae) (Eastern Palaearctic).

Biology

Eggs deposition: larvae. Emerge: pupae.

Hibernation

Females hibernate as adult.

Ecology

Seasonal activity: Females and males are collected in the period of end of May – July (Tereshkin, 2014).

Literature

• Förster, J.R 1771: Novae species insectorum. Centuria I., London: 1–100 (Ichneumonidae: 81–85)

• Tereshkin, A. 2011: Illustrated key to the genera of the subtribe Amblytelina of Palaearctic (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae, Ichneumonini). Linzer biologische Beitrage, 43(1): 597-711. PDF

• Tereshkin А.M. 2013: Guide to preparing scientific illustrations in Entomology on an example of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera). Minsk:Pravo i ehkonomika: 1–284. PDF

• Tereshkin А.M. 2013: Guide to preparing scientific illustrations in Entomology on an example of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera). Linzer biologische Beitrage, 45(2): 1047–1277. PDF

• Tereshkin А.M. 2014. Data on fauna of subtribe Amblytelina (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae, Ichneumonini): 1–24. http://tereshkin-ichn.narod.ru; http://tereshkin.info/. DOC

• Yu D.S., van Achterberg K. & K. Horstmann. 2012. World Ichneumonoidea. Taxonomy, Biology, Morphology and Distribution: URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20160404092612/http://www.taxapad.com/