''Anomalon'' is a large genus of

parasitoid wasp Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran Superfamily (zoology), superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps (Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids, they lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other arthropods, ...

s belonging to the family

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. This may be the only genus in the tribe Anomalonini, although ''Neogreeneia'' Viereck, 1912 is sometimes considered a valid genus of the tribe. These wasps are present worldwide, but most diverse in tropical regions. Twenty species are recorded from Costa Rica. In the

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and the

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, they are well represented in dry habitats, but in

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are most common in very wet rain forests. Recorded hosts include

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or elaterid beetle

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e and

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and

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moth larvae.

Description

"The species of ''Anomalon'' can easily be recognized from other

Anomaloninae Anomaloninae is a subfamily of parasitoid Parasitoid wasp, wasps in the family (biology), family Ichneumonidae. Several species provide beneficial services to humans by attacking forest or orchard pests. Description and distribution Species o ...

by the combination of the following morphological features: * notaulus indistinct, represented by a rugose area; * fore wing with ''r-m'' joining 2/''M'' distal to 2''m-cu''; * hind wing with distal abscissa of 2/''Cu'' entirely absent; * epipleurum of third metasomal tergite separated by a crease just below the spiracle; * mid tibia with a single apical spur."

Selected species

Species within this genus include:Biolib
/ref> * '' Anomalon arcuatum'' Dasch, 1984 * '' Anomalon arizonicum'' Dasch, 1984 * '' Anomalon canadense'' (Cresson, 1879) * '' Anomalon constrictum'' Dasch, 1984 * '' Anomalon coreanum'' (Uchida, 1928) * '' Anomalon cruentatum'' (Geoffroy, 1785) * '' Anomalon curvatum'' Dasch, 1984 * '' Anomalon ejuncidum'' Say, 1836 * '' Anomalon exrufum'' Walkley, 1958 * '' Anomalon floridanum'' Dasch, 1984 * '' Anomalon fuscipenne'' (Tosquinet, 1900) * '' Anomalon glabrumm'' Dasch, 1984 * '' Anomalon japonicum'' (Uchida, 1928) * '' Anomalon kozlovi'' (Kokujev, 1915) * '' Anomalon kurumensis'' Kusigemati, 1983 * ''

Anomalon kusigematii In physics, an anomalon is a hypothetical type of nuclear matter that shows an anomalously large reactive cross section. They were first noticed in experimental runs in the early 1980s as short tracks in film emulsions or plastic leaf detectors ...

'' Momoi, 1968 * ''

Anomalon laterale In physics, an anomalon is a hypothetical type of nuclear matter that shows an anomalously large Cross section (physics), reactive cross section. They were first noticed in experimental runs in the early 1980s as short tracks in film emulsions or ...

'' Brulle, 1846 * '' Anomalon montanum'' Dasch, 1984 * '' Anomalon nigribase'' Cushman, 1937 * ''

Anomalon nigritum In physics, an anomalon is a hypothetical type of nuclear matter that shows an anomalously large reactive cross section. They were first noticed in experimental runs in the early 1980s as short tracks in film emulsions or plastic leaf detectors ...

'' Norton, 1863 * '' Anomalon ocellatum'' Dasch, 1984 * '' Anomalon picticornis'' (Viereck, 1912) * '' Anomalon reticulatum'' Cresson, 1865 * '' Anomalon victorovi'' Momoi, 1968 * '' Anomalon vivum'' Cresson, 1879 * '' Anomalon yoshiyasui'' Kusigemati, 1985

References

Ichneumonidae Ichneumonidae genera Taxa named by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer {{Ichneumonidae-stub