''Acrotaphus'' is a genus of

ichneumon wasp The Ichneumonidae, also known as ichneumon wasps, ichneumonid wasps, ichneumonids, or Darwin wasps, are a family of parasitoid wasps of the insect order Hymenoptera. They are one of the most diverse groups within the Hymenoptera with roughly 25, ...

s in the family

Ichneumonidae The Ichneumonidae, also known as ichneumon wasps, ichneumonid wasps, ichneumonids, or Darwin wasps, are a family of parasitoid wasps of the insect order Hymenoptera. They are one of the most diverse groups within the Hymenoptera with roughly 25 ...

. There are 27 described species in the genus. They are parasitoids of spiders in the families

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and

Tetragnathidae Long-jawed orb weavers or long jawed spiders (Tetragnathidae) are a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Anton Menge in 1866. They have elongated bodies, legs, and chelicerae, and build small orb webs with an open hub with few, wide-s ...

Species

These 27 species belong to the genus ''Acrotaphus'': * '' Acrotaphus amajari'' (Pádua, 2020) * '' Acrotaphus amazonicus'' (Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020) * '' Acrotaphus bodoquenaensis'' (Pádua, 2020) * '' Acrotaphus chedelae'' (Gauld, 1991) * '' Acrotaphus cuzconus'' (Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020) * '' Acrotaphus dolichopus'' (Pádua, 2020) * '' Acrotaphus fasciatus'' (Brulle, 1846) * '' Acrotaphus fascipennis'' (Cresson, 1865) * '' Acrotaphus ferruginosus'' (Cresson, 1865) * '' Acrotaphus franklini'' (Gauld, 1991) * '' Acrotaphus fuscipennis'' (Cresson, 1865) * '' Acrotaphus homeofranklini'' (Pádua, 2020) * '' Acrotaphus jackiechani'' (Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020) * '' Acrotaphus japi'' (Higa & Penteado-Dias, 2019) * '' Arcotaphus kourou'' (Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020) * '' Acrotaphus latifasciatus'' (Cameron, 1911) * '' Acrotaphus mexicanus'' (Cameron, 1886) * '' Acrotaphus micrus'' (Pádua, 2020) * '' Acrotaphus monotaenius'' (Pádua, 2020) * '' Acrotaphus nambilloensis'' (Pádua, 2020) * '' Acrotaphus pseudoamazonicus'' (Pádua & Sääksjärvi, 2020) * '' Acrotaphus pseudomexicanus'' (Pádua, 2020) * '' Acrotaphus tibialis'' (Cameron, 1886) * '' Acrotaphus venezuelanus'' (Pádua, 2020) * '' Acrotaphus wagnerianae'' (Pádua, 2020) * '' Acrotaphus wiltii'' (Cresson, 1870) * '' Acrotaphus zampieronae'' (Pádua, 2020)

Gallery

Acrotaphus fasciatus (351996493).jpg, ''Acrotaphus fasciatus'' female Acrotaphus fuscipennis (87611576).jpg, ''Acrotaphus fuscipennis'' male Acrotaphus latifasciatus CBG-A04479-D11.jpg, ''Acrotaphus latifasciatus'' female Acrotaphus tibialis (350256601).jpg, ''Acrotaphus tibialis'' female Parasite wasp, left 2020-08-17-18.37.43 ZS PMax UDR (50422506593).jpg, ''Acrotaphus wiltii'' female

References

Pimplinae Ichneumonidae genera {{ichneumonidae-stub