Kingdom Animalia Infraclass Neoptera Suborder Apocrita Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species Subclass Pterygota | Subphylum Hexapoda Superorder Endopterygota [ Superfamily Ichneumonoidea Genus Anomalon Order Hymenopterans | |
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Similar Anomalon, Hymenopterans, Anomaloninae, Erigorgus, Exochus | ||
Anomalon cruentatum is a species of parasitic wasps belonging to the family Ichneumonidae.
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Description
Anomalon cruentatum can reach a body length of 10–14 millimetres (0.39–0.55 in), while the front wings reach 2.8–8.3 millimetres (0.11–0.33 in). Body is mainly black in males, while in females head and thorax are reddish (hence the species name cruentatum, meaning bloody). Abdomen is slender and propodeum is reticulated. Clypeus is rounded at apex. A rugose area is present in the notaulus. Antennae are black. Legs are yellowish brown, with a white base of hind tibia. These wasps are koinobiont endoparasitoids of larvae of Tenebrionidae.
Distribution and habitat
These wasps are present in most of Europe, in the Near East, in North Africa and in Oriental ecozone. They mainly occur in dry habitats.