''Callidora'' is a genus of parasitoid
wasps belonging to the family
Ichneumonidae and the subfamily
Campopleginae. It is relatively species poor, with only five recognized species.
The genus has an almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
.
Description
Much like in other Campopleginae is the
metasoma laterally compressed and the tip of the
ovipositor
The ovipositor is a tube-like organ used by some animals, especially insects, for the laying of eggs. In insects, an ovipositor consists of a maximum of three pairs of appendages. The details and morphology of the ovipositor vary, but typical ...
notched. Clypeus small, mandibles and cheeks short. Eyes bare. Spurs hind tibiae reach the middle of the first segment of hind tarsus. Areola on propodeum small, hexagonal but open behind. Areolet of the wings present, second recurrent vein leaving near its middle. Nervellus intercepted. First tergite with a very weak glymma. Females of some species have a distinctive white ring on the
antennae. Head and thorax black, metasoma usually red with black markings.
Species
* ''
Callidora albovincta''
(Holmgren, 1860)
* ''
Callidora analis
''Callidora'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae and the subfamily Campopleginae. It is relatively species poor, with only five recognized species.
The genus has an almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Descriptio ...
''
(Gravenhorst, 1829)
* ''
Callidora atrognatha''
Gupta & Gupta, 1977
* ''
Callidora surata
''Callidora'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae and the subfamily Campopleginae. It is relatively species poor, with only five recognized species.
The genus has an almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Descrip ...
''
Tigner, 1969
* ''
Callidora tegularis
''Callidora'' is a genus of parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae and the subfamily Campopleginae. It is relatively species poor, with only five recognized species.
The genus has an almost cosmopolitan distribution.
Descrip ...
''
Tigner, 1969
References
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Ichneumonidae
Ichneumonidae genera