Gawas, Sandesh M.;Gupta, Ankita
Epitranus
Sign in to saveEpitranus is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Chalcididae. This genus is the sole representative of the subfamily Epitraninae. Epitranus species are primarily distributed across tropical regions of the Old World, including Africa and Australia. Notably, the genus has also been recorded in the Nearctic and Indomalayan region, with Epitranus clavatus introduced there.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 25
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Chalcididae
- Collections
- INHS, NHMUK, SAM, OSUC, USNM, QM
- Recorded in
- United States, Madagascar, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Mozambique
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Chalcididae
- Image
- Epitranus 2019 06 05 1806 Ced.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- taxon name
- Epitranus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Epitranus
- Commons category
- Epitranus
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
1 sectionsContents
- References
Epitranus is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Chalcididae. This genus is the sole representative of the subfamily Epitraninae. Epitranus species are primarily distributed across tropical regions of the Old World, including Africa and Australia. Notably, the genus has also been recorded in the Nearctic and Indomalayan region, with Epitranus clavatus introduced there.
The oldest archived documentation of the Epitranus is the Epitranus clavatus from 1804. A new species of Epitranus has been discovered, the Epitranus longicaudatus was first documented in 2024 and love in the Indomalayan realm.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Epitranus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.