Zhang, Chuan-Xi
Orthopelma
Sign in to saveOrthopelma is a Holarctic genus of parasitics wasp. It is the only genus within the Ichneumonidae subfamily Orthopelmatinae. They are idiobiont endoparasitoids of cynipid galls on Rosaceae. Mostly Orthopelma are associated with Diplolepis on Rosa, but have recorded from Diastrophus on Rubus in the Nearctic.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11
- With media
- 16
- Family
- Ichneumonidae
- Collections
- USNM, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS, CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, OH (CLEV), INHS, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
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- Ichneumonidae
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- Orthopelma mediator (Ichneumonidae) - (male imago), Elst (Gld), the Netherlands.jpg
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Orthopelma is a Holarctic genus of parasitics wasp. It is the only genus within the Ichneumonidae subfamily Orthopelmatinae. They are idiobiont endoparasitoids of cynipid galls on Rosaceae. Mostly Orthopelma are associated with Diplolepis on Rosa, but have recorded from Diastrophus on Rubus in the Nearctic.
== Species == The species in the genus Orthopelma include 13 extant species and one extinct species: Orthopelma aobing Hu, Zhang, Dal Pos, McCormark & Fang, 2025 Orthopelma brevicorne Morley, 1907 Orthopelma californicum Ashmead, 1890 Orthopelma caucasicum Kasparyan, 2011 Orthopelma chinensis Zhang, 2025 † Orthopelma curvitibialis Statz, 1936 Orthopelma dodecameron Kasparyan, 2011 Orthopelma japonicum Kusigemati, 1974 Orthopelma mediator (Thunberg, 1822) Orthopelma mukriyana Riedel, 2024 Orthopelma occidentale Ashmead, 1890 Orthopelma ovale (Provancher, 1874) Orthopelma simile Kusigemati, 1974 Orthopelma superbum Kasparyan, 1984
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