Irenangelus

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Irenangelus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Pompilidae
Subfamily: Ceropalinae
Genus: Irenangelus
, 1906[1]
Type species
Irenangelus hornus
, 1906[2]

Ireangelus is a genus of kleptoparasitic spider wasps from the sub-family Ceropalinae of the family Pompilidae. The genus has a pan tropical distribution, being known from Oriental, Neotropical, Australian, eastern Palearctic, and Madagascan Zoogeographic regions being best represented in the Neotropics.[3] Irenangelus is closely related to the more widespread genus Ceropales, the two genera forming a monophyletic subfamily, Ceropalinae within the Pompilidae.[3] This is regarded as the most basal grouping of the Pompilidae but this view is problematic because of the kleptoparasitic life history of the Ceropalines, it is now considered that they Ceropalines and other pompilids evolved from a common ectoparasitoid ancestor.[3]

Biology[]

In the Philippines species of Irenangelus are known to be kleptoparasites of and Tachypompilus analis, and I. eberlmrdi is a kleptoparasite of . The kleptoparasitic behaviour of I. lukosanus was observed and it pursues its host pompilid as the latter transports its prey, to the nest. The cleptoparasitic wasp pounces on the spider and extends her gaster, trying to insert the tip into a slit of the prey's booklung.[3]

Species[]

Some species included in Irenangelus include:

  • (Evans, 1969)[4]
  • (Kimsey & Wasbauer, 2004)[5]
  • (Evans, 1987)
  • (Kimsey & Wasbauer, 2004)[5]
  • (Evans, 1969)[6]
  • (Wahis, 2007)[3]
  • (Evans, 1969)[7]
  • (Ducke, 1908)
  • Banks
  • (Evans, 1969)
  • (Wahis, 2007)
  • (Rohwer, 1919)
  • (Wahis, 1988)
  • (Turner 1917)
  • (Shimizu, 2007)
  • (Bingham, 1896)
  • (Wahis, 2007)
  • (Smith, 1873)
  • (Evans, 1969)
  • (Evans, 1969)

References[]

  1. ^ "Classification of Ceropalinae (Pompilidae)". Iziko Museums of South Africa. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  2. ^ V.S.L. Pate (1946). "The Generic Names of the Spider Wasps (Psammocharidae olim Pompilidae) and Their Type Species (Hymenoptera: Aculeata)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 72 (3): 65–137. JSTOR 25077544.
  3. ^ a b c d e Shimizu, Akira; Wahis, Raymond (2007). "Systematic Studies on the Pompilidae Occurring in Japan: Genus Irenangelus Schulz (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Ceropalinae)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 16 (2): 311–325.
  4. ^ Castro-Huertas, Valentina; Pitts, James P.; Rodriguez, Juanita; Waichert, Cecilia; Fernandez, Fernado (2014). "New records of spider wasps (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) from Colombia". ZooKeys (443): 35–44. doi:10.3897/zookeys.443.8348. PMC 4205502. PMID 25349495.
  5. ^ a b Kimsey, Lynne S.; Wasbauer, Marius S. (2004). "Revision of new world species of the cleptoparasitic pompilid genus Irenangelus Schulz (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 77 (4): 650–668. doi:10.2317/e-1.1. S2CID 85582755.
  6. ^ "Insects of Panamá". Arizona State University. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  7. ^ Waichert, Cecilia; Rodriguez, Juanita; von Dolen, Carol; Pitts, James P. (2012). "The Spider Wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Dominican Republic". Zootaxa. 3353: 1–47. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3353.1.1.
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