Apechthis is a genus of insects belonging to the family Ichneumonidae.[1]
| Apechthis | |
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| Apechthis rufata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Ichneumonidae |
| Subfamily: | Pimplinae |
| Tribe: | Pimplini |
| Genus: | Apechthis Förster, 1869 |
The genus was first described by Arnold Förster in 1869.[1]
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.[1] Body color changes depending on distribution, with yellow Apechthis species found towards the equator. [2]
Species:
- Apechthis cantika Watanabe & Takasuka, 2013 - found in Indonesia [2]
- Apechthis capulifera (Kriechbaumer, 1887) [3]
- Apechthis ontario (Cresson, 1870)[1] - as species name suggests, found in North America[4]
- Apechthis quadridentata (Thomson, 1877) [3]
- Apechthis rapae (Uchida, 1925) - found in South Korea, Japan, and Russia [3]
- Apechthis rufata (Gmelin, 1790)[1]
- Apechthis taiwana Uchida, 1928 - found in southern China and Taiwan. [2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Apechthis Förster, 1869". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ a b c Watanabe, Kyohei; Takasuka, Keizo (2013-03-20). "Description of Apechthis cantika sp. n. from Sulawesi Is., Indonesia with redescription of the holotype of A. taiwana Uchida (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae)". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 31. Pensoft Publishers: 105–117. doi:10.3897/jhr.31.3813. ISSN 1314-2607.
- ^ a b c Choi, Jin-Kyung; Song, Geun Myeong; Lee, Jong-Wook (2015-04-30). "Review of the Genus Apechthis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from South Korea". Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity. 31 (2): 77–85. doi:10.5635/ASED.2015.31.2.077. ISSN 2234-6953.
- ^ "Microlepidoptera and their parasites reared from field collections in the Northeastern United States : Schaffner, J. V. (John Valentine), b. 1888". Internet Archive. 2024-06-26. Retrieved 2024-09-05.