''Glabridorsum'' is a
genus
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of
parasitoid
In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host (biology), host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionarily stable str ...
wasps
A wasp is any insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera which is neither a bee nor an ant; this excludes the broad-waisted sawflies (Symphyta), which look somewhat like wasps, but are in a separate suborder. Th ...
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 ...
.
The genus was first described by
Henry Keith Townes
Henry Keith Townes, Jr. (20 January 1913 – 2 May 1990) was an American entomologist who specialized in the Hymenoptera with a special focus on the Ichneumonidae.
Townes was born in Greenville, South Carolina and went to study at the Furman Coll ...
in 1970, and is known to occur in
Australia
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,
New Zealand
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,
India
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,
Nepal
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and
Japan
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.
Species
Species within the genus ''Glabridorsum'' include:
* ''
Glabridorsum acroclitae''
* ''
Glabridorsum glabrosum''
* ''
Glabridorsum japonicum''
* ''
Glabridorsum linneae''
* ''
Glabridorsum nepalense''
* ''
Glabridorsum orbitale''
* ''
Glabridorsum punctatum''
* ''
Glabridorsum semilunatum''
* ''
Glabridorsum simile''
* ''
Glabridorsum simulatum''
* ''
Glabridorsum stokesii''
* ''
Glabridorsum varibalteatum''
References
External links
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q14535174
Ichneumonidae
Hymenoptera of Australia
Hymenoptera of New Zealand
Insects described in 1970
Hymenoptera of Asia