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Dusona Dimidiata
''Dusona'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. It is the most species rich genus of the subfamily Campopleginae with 442 known species. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Description ''Dusona'' is an easily recognized genus among other Campopleginae due to a number of clear diagnostic characteristics which include: elongated, oval or slit-shaped propodeal spiracles; a very strongly compressed metasoma; closed areolets and petiolar sutures that are often obliterated or positioned very low anteriorly. Additionally many species reach unusually large body sizes, some exceeding 20 mm (see '' Dusona falcator''). The thorax and head of most species are uniformly black, with the abdomen varying between black, red, brown, orange and yellow, with the fist tergit and the outer most tergites most usually black. Ecology All species of ''Dusona'' are parasitoids, with the main hosts being the larvae of Lepidopterans. The host is usually killed as a pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Cameron (entomologist)
Peter Cameron (1847 – 1 December 1912 in New Mills, Derbyshire) was an England, English amateur entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera. An artist, Cameron worked in the dye industry and in Calico (textile), calico printing. He described many new species; his collection, including Type (biology), type material, is now in the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum. He suffered from poor health and lack of employment. Latterly, he lived in New Mills and was supported by scholarships from the Royal Society. He loaned specimens to Jean-Jacques Kieffer, a teacher and Catholic priest in Bitche, Lorraine, who also named species after Cameron. Some of Cameron's taxonomic work is not very well regarded. Upon his death Claude Morley wrote, "Peter Cameron is dead, as was announced by most of the halfpenny papers on December 4th. What can we say of his life? Nothing; for it concerns us in no way. What shall we say of his work? Much, for it is entirely ours, and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dusona Affinis
''Dusona'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae. It is the most species rich genus of the subfamily Campopleginae with 442 known species. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Description ''Dusona'' is an easily recognized genus among other Campopleginae due to a number of clear diagnostic characteristics which include: elongated, oval or slit-shaped propodeal spiracles; a very strongly compressed metasoma; closed areolets and petiolar sutures that are often obliterated or positioned very low anteriorly. Additionally many species reach unusually large body sizes, some exceeding 20 mm (see '' Dusona falcator''). The thorax and head of most species are uniformly black, with the abdomen varying between black, red, brown, orange and yellow, with the fist tergit and the outer most tergites most usually black. Ecology All species of ''Dusona'' are parasitoids, with the main hosts being the larvae of Lepidopterans. The host is usually killed as a pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
