Tryphon rutilator

Tryphon rutilator is a species of the family Ichneumonidae, subfamily Tryphoninae.[2]

Tryphon rutilator
Tryphon rutilator
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Ichneumonidae
Subfamily:
Tryphoninae
Genus:
Tryphon
Species:
T. rutilator
Binomial name
Tryphon rutilator
(Linnaeus, 1761)
Synonyms
  • Tryphon anodon (Schrank, 1802)
  • Tryphon cepae (Geoffroy, 1785)
  • Tryphon ceparum (Schrank, 1802)
  • Tryphon impraegnator (Schrank, 1781)
  • Tryphon insultator (Gravenhorst, 1807)
  • Tryphon quadratus Stephens, 1835

[1]

Distribution and habitat

This European-Siberian species is present in most of Europe and Siberia, in the Near East, and in the Oriental realm.[3] These insects mainly inhabit hedge rows.[4]

Description

Tryphon rutilator can reach a body length of 7–11 millimetres (0.28–0.43 in), with forewings of 5–9 millimetres (0.20–0.35 in).[4] Head is weakly compressed posteriorly, witt long yellowish antennae consisting of 29-35 segments. Frons has a weak longitudinal carina. These ichneumonids have a black body and reddish abdomen. Legs are mainly yellow-reddish, with black femurs and tibiae on posterior legs.[5][6]

Biology

Adults can be found from June to July.[4] They mainly feed on nectar of Apiaceae species (especially Anthriscus sylvestris and Heracleum sphondylium).[4]

References
  1. Catalogue of life
  2. Biolib
  3. Fauna europaea
  4. Commanster
  5. Dmitriĭ Rafėlevich Kaspari͡an Ichneumonidae (subfamily Tryphoninae), Tribe Tryphonini Volume 3, pg. 182
  6. Murat Yurtcan Keys at The Species of Tryphoninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in Turkish Thrace


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