''Perithous'' is a genus of parasitoid
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 ...
belonging to the family
Ichneumonidae
The Ichneumonidae, also known as the ichneumon wasps, Darwin wasps, or ichneumonids, are a family of parasitoid wasps of the insect order Hymenoptera. They are one of the most diverse groups within the Hymenoptera with roughly 25,000 species cu ...
.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and North America.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Perithous'':
* ''
Perithous albicinctus''
(Gravenhorst, 1829)
* ''
Perithous changbaishanus''
(He, 1996)
* ''
Perithous digitalis''
Gupta, 1982
* ''
Perithous divinator''
(Rossi, 1790)
* ''
Perithous galbus''
Baltazar, 1961
* ''
Perithous guizhouensis''
He, 1996
* ''
Perithous kamathi
Pirithous (; grc-gre, Πειρίθοος or , derived from ; also transliterated as Perithous), in Greek mythology, was the King of the Lapiths of Larissa in Thessaly, as well as best friend to Theseus.
Biography
Pirithous was a son of "he ...
''
Gupta, 1982
* ''
Perithous nigrigaster
Pirithous (; grc-gre, Πειρίθοος or , derived from ; also transliterated as Perithous), in Greek mythology, was the King of the Lapiths of Larissa in Thessaly, as well as best friend to Theseus.
Biography
Pirithous was a son of "he ...
''
Constantineanu & Constantineanu, 1968
* ''
Perithous romanicus
Pirithous (; grc-gre, Πειρίθοος or , derived from ; also transliterated as Perithous), in Greek mythology, was the King of the Lapiths of Larissa in Thessaly, as well as best friend to Theseus.
Biography
Pirithous was a son of "he ...
''
Constantineanu & Constantineanu, 1968
* ''
Perithous rufimesothorax
Pirithous (; grc-gre, Πειρίθοος or , derived from ; also transliterated as Perithous), in Greek mythology, was the King of the Lapiths of Larissa in Thessaly, as well as best friend to Theseus.
Biography
Pirithous was a son of "he ...
''
(He, 1996)
* ''
Perithous scurra
''Perithous scurra'' is a species of ichneumon wasp in the family Ichneumonidae.
Subspecies
These five subspecies belong to the species ''Perithous scurra'':
* ''Perithous scurra japonicus'' Uchida, 1928
* ''Perithous scurra neomexicanus'' (Vier ...
''
(Panzer, 1804)
* ''
Perithous septemcinctorius
Pirithous (; grc-gre, Πειρίθοος or , derived from ; also transliterated as Perithous), in Greek mythology, was the King of the Lapiths of Larissa in Thessaly, as well as best friend to Theseus.
Biography
Pirithous was a son of "he ...
''
(Thunberg, 1822)
* ''
Perithous speculator
Pirithous (; grc-gre, Πειρίθοος or , derived from ; also transliterated as Perithous), in Greek mythology, was the King of the Lapiths of Larissa in Thessaly, as well as best friend to Theseus.
Biography
Pirithous was a son of "he ...
''
Haupt, 1954
* ''
Perithous sundaicus
Pirithous (; grc-gre, Πειρίθοος or , derived from ; also transliterated as Perithous), in Greek mythology, was the King of the Lapiths of Larissa in Thessaly, as well as best friend to Theseus.
Biography
Pirithous was a son of "he ...
''
Gupta, 1982
* ''
Perithous townesorum
Pirithous (; grc-gre, Πειρίθοος or , derived from ; also transliterated as Perithous), in Greek mythology, was the King of the Lapiths of Larissa in Thessaly, as well as best friend to Theseus.
Biography
Pirithous was a son of "he ...
''
(Gupta, 1982)
* ''
Perithous transversus
Pirithous (; grc-gre, Πειρίθοος or , derived from ; also transliterated as Perithous), in Greek mythology, was the King of the Lapiths of Larissa in Thessaly, as well as best friend to Theseus.
Biography
Pirithous was a son of "he ...
''
Constantineanu & Constantineanu, 1968
* ''
Perithous virgulatus''
Baltazar, 1961
* BOLD:AAI2531 (''Perithous'' sp.)
* BOLD:ACO3734 (''Perithous'' sp.)
* BOLD:ACP6162 (''Perithous'' sp.)
References
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Ichneumonidae
Ichneumonidae genera